Naslov
Maternal Postpartum Stress Scale: A New Measure of Stress in the First Postpartum Year

Autori
Nakić Radoš, Sandra ; Brekalo, Maja ; Matijaš, Marijana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
3rd International Scientific Conference of Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Croatia, "Coping with crisis – Pathways toward resilience" - Book of Abstracts / Pačić-Turk, Ljiljana ; Žutić, Maja - Zagreb : Hrvatsko katoličko sveučilište, 2021, 34-34

ISBN
978-953-8014-62-8

Skup
3. međunarodni znanstveno-stručni skup Odjela za psihologiju Hrvatskog katoličkog sveučilišta “Suočavanje s kriznim situacijama – putevi jačanja otpornosti”

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 09.12.2021. - 11.12.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
stress ; postpartum ; assessment ; validation ; mothers

Sažetak
The literature review on postpartum stressors reveals that postpartum experience may include different problems and stressful events. Unfortunately, measures of stress during postpartum are scarce. Also, they are excessively long, too specific or cover only the first six weeks postpartum. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop and validate a new measure of postpartum specific stress, as a self-report scale. A 46-item scale was developed based on previous scales and qualitative studies on postpartum-specific stress. In an online cross- sectional survey, 603 women in the first postpartum year filled in the Maternal Postpartum Stress Scale. The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), and the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21 ; anxiety subscale) were also administered to test construct validity. Factor structure, reliability, and different aspects of validity were examined. The number of items was reduced to 22, and a three-factor structure was established with the exploratory factor analyses. Factors were best labelled as Personal needs and fatigue (fatigue, lack of time for personal needs and socialization, household chores), Infant nurturing (infant health and nurturing), and Body changes and sexuality. The reliability of the total scale and all subscales was good. Good convergent and divergent validity was established. The subscales were discriminative for primiparous and multiparous mothers. In conclusion, the new 22- item Maternal Postpartum Stress Scale is a valid and reliable measure of postpartum specific stress. Both researchers and practitioners can use the scale to assess the stress intensity that postpartum mothers experience.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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