Psychometric properties of a 20-item version of the Maternal-Fetal Attachment Scale in a sample of Italian expectant women

Midwifery
Alessandra BusoneraGiulio Cesare Zavattini

Abstract

the Maternal-Fetal Attachment Scale (MFAS), a 24-item self-report questionnaire to measure the antenatal maternal feeling towards the unborn baby, was introduced by Mecca Cranley in 1981. Despite the widespread use of the questionnaire in clinical and research contexts, issues exist about its psychometric properties. An analysis of the literature showed the need for studies aimed at reviewing the MFAS by eliminating some items and modifying and "modernising" others. This study started from these suggestions and aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of a modified 20-item Italian version of the scale. the original MFAS was back translated and then administered to a pilot sample of 20 pregnant women in order to identify items hard to understand, inappropriate or ambiguous. On the basis of qualitative information derived from this pilot phase, we developed a 20-item Italian version of the MFAS that was later administered to a large sample of pregnant women. antenatal education classes carried out in public and private structures of Italian central and insular regions. a sample of 482 women in middle and late pregnancy, attending antenatal education classes between February 2013 and October 2014. the modified MFAS was adm...Continue Reading

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