School of Nursing, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
J Adv Nurs. 2011 Jan;67(1):193-203. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05479.x.
This paper is a report of the psychometric properties of the Thai language versions of the Childbirth Self-Efficacy Inventory and the Childbirth Attitudes Questionnaire, and the equivalence of the Thai and English versions of these instruments.
The Childbirth Self-Efficacy Inventory and the Childbirth Attitudes Questionnaire were developed to measure women's abilities to cope with labour and fear of childbirth. Consistent with Bandura's Self-Efficacy Theory, women who have greater confidence in their ability to cope with labour have reported having less fear in childbirth. However, research is needed to validate the measures and this relationship in countries other than the United States of America, where the tools were developed.
Back-translation was used. Content validity was examined by experts. The psychometric properties were estimated with internal consistency reliability, construct validity, contrasted groups and criterion-related validity with 148 pregnant women at a hospital in Thailand in 2008.
Both measures were shown to have high internal consistency. Contrasting group and criterion-related validity were consistent with self-efficacy theory and findings in the United States. Differences between the stages of labour across expectancies in the Childbirth Self-Efficacy inventory were found only for second stage.
Support for good validity and reliability of the instruments when used with Thai women was demonstrated. It may be appropriate for Thai women to use The Childbirth Self-Efficacy Inventory only in relation to the second stage of labour.
本文报告了泰语版生育自我效能感量表和生育态度问卷的心理测量特性，以及这些工具的泰语和英语版本的等效性。
生育自我效能感量表和生育态度问卷是为测量女性应对分娩和对分娩恐惧的能力而开发的。与班杜拉的自我效能理论一致，对自己应对分娩能力有更大信心的女性报告说对分娩的恐惧较少。然而，需要在开发这些工具的美国以外的国家验证这些测量方法和这种关系。
采用回译法。内容效度由专家进行评估。2008 年，在泰国的一家医院对 148 名孕妇进行了内部一致性可靠性、结构有效性、对比组和与标准相关的有效性测试。
这两个测量工具都表现出了较高的内部一致性。对比组和与标准相关的有效性与自我效能理论和美国的研究结果一致。仅在第二产程中发现了生育自我效能量表中对期望的产程阶段的差异。
这些工具在泰国女性中具有良好的有效性和可靠性，得到了支持。泰国女性可能仅在第二产程中使用生育自我效能感量表较为合适。
