Suzan Ozge Karakaya, Cinar Nursan
Sakarya University, Institute of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing - Sakarya, Turkey.
Sakarya University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing - Sakarya, Turkey.
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2025 Jun 2;71(4):e20241379. doi: 10.1590/1806-9282.20241379. eCollection 2025.
The aim of this study is to develop the Early Period Mother-Infant Bonding Indicators Assessment Scale and to examine its validity and reliability.
This is a cross-sectional, methodological, correlational study. This study was carried out with 143 mothers in the Sakarya Training and Research Hospital Maternity Service between February and April of 2021. The content validity of the scale was assessed by consulting 11 experts. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed, and the tool's internal consistency and construct validity were analyzed.
For the mothers, the average age was 28.19±5.71. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the overall scale was 0.83, and the Cronbach's alpha values for the subscales were 0.85-0.80. The correlations between the physical and emotional intimacy and exploration and striving subdimensions with the whole scale were found to be highly positive and statistically significant (r=0.919, r=0.869, p<0.005). The exploratory factor analysis showed that the scale explained 55.59% of the total variance. The confirmatory factor analysis found that the physical and emotional intimacy and exploration and striving subdimension factor loads ranged from 0.53 to 0.75 and 0.59 to 0.77, respectively.
The two-factor, 13-item Early Period Mother-Infant Bonding Indicators Assessment Scale was confirmed to have sufficient reliability and validity. With these measurement tools, mothers' behaviors towards mother-infant bonding right after birth will be evaluated, and mothers will be directed to get support in the area of weakness.
本研究旨在编制早期母婴联结指标评估量表，并检验其效度和信度。
这是一项横断面、方法学、相关性研究。本研究于2021年2月至4月在萨卡里亚培训与研究医院产科服务中心对143名母亲进行。通过咨询11位专家评估量表的内容效度。进行探索性和验证性因素分析，并分析该工具的内部一致性和结构效度。
母亲们的平均年龄为28.19±5.71。整个量表的克朗巴哈α系数为0.83，各子量表的克朗巴哈α值为0.85 - 0.80。发现身体和情感亲密以及探索与努力子维度与整个量表之间的相关性非常显著且呈高度正相关（r = 0.919，r = 0.869，p < 0.005）。探索性因素分析表明，该量表解释了总方差的55.59%。验证性因素分析发现，身体和情感亲密以及探索与努力子维度的因素载荷分别在0.53至0.75和0.59至0.77之间。
两因素、13项的早期母婴联结指标评估量表被证实具有足够的信度和效度。借助这些测量工具，将评估母亲产后母婴联结方面의行为，并指导母亲在薄弱领域获得支持。
