مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - Turkish Version of Prenatal Attachment Inventory: A Study of Reliability and Validity

Abstract :

Objective: To investigate whether Turkish version of “Prenatal Attachment Inventory” developed by Muller is a reliable and valid instrument. Method: The data of the study designed as a methodological one were obtained from 210 women with pregnancy of 20 weeks and over in a university hospital in Istanbul between January–October 2009. Studies for validity of the inventory as to translation and content were performed and internal consistency and total item score correlations were investigated as to reliability. Ethical approval was obtained. Results: To assess content validity, the inventory was investigated by ten scholars and arranged as the last version as consistent with suggestions. Reliability coefficients of item-total score correlation of items in inventory were between r=0.36 and 0.68, and a high level of statistically significant, positive and powerful correlation was found (p 0.001). In internal consistency analysis, Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient was found as α=0.84. Test-retest analysis was performed, and no difference was found to be between each application (p 0.05). Conclusion: Turkish version of “Prenatal Attachment Inventory” is a reliable and valid instrument to be used in studies for pregnant women.