Development and Psychometric Testing of the Fathers’ Self-Efficacy Scale for Newborn Care

IF 2.1 3区医学 Q2 NURSING

Asian Nursing Research Pub Date : 2024-05-01 DOI:10.1016/j.anr.2024.04.001

Sevilay Ergün Arslanlı , Ayda Çelebioğlu , İsa Çelik , Nezaket B. Uzun

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Abstract

Purpose

Fathers’ involvement in newborn care positively affects both work sharing between parents, newborn quality of life, and the relationship between father and newborn. However, there is no valid and reliable measurement tool to evaluate fathers’ self-efficacy levels for newborn care. This study aimed to develop the fathers’ self-efficacy scale for newborn care (FSSNC) and to examine its psychometric properties.

Methods

This study is an instrument development and validation study. After a comprehensive literature review, expert opinion, and pilot application stages, an item pool was developed. For validity and reliability analyses, data were collected between March and December 2022 from 442 individuals, including fathers with newborn babies and expectant fathers whose partners are pregnant. Validity assessments included content, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, and convergent validity. The scale was also evaluated for its internal consistency, and two-half-test reliability. In this study, the STROBE checklist was used as a guideline.

Results

The final version of the scale consisted of three subdimensions (hygiene, safety, and nutrition). The total number of items is 17. Confirmatory factor analysis results confirm the results of exploratory factor analysis. There was a strong correlation between the scale score and the participants’ self-assessment score.

Conclusions

The study demonstrates that the FSSNC was a valid, reliable, and user-friendly measurement tool used to evaluate fathers’ self-efficacy regarding hygiene, safety, and nutrition in newborn care.

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新生儿护理父亲自我效能感量表的开发和心理测试。

目的父亲参与新生儿护理对父母分担工作、新生儿生活质量以及父亲与新生儿之间的关系都有积极影响。然而，目前还没有有效可靠的测量工具来评估父亲在新生儿护理方面的自我效能感水平。本研究旨在开发父亲新生儿护理自我效能感量表（FSSNC），并检验其心理测量学特性：本研究是一项工具开发和验证研究。经过全面的文献综述、专家意见和试点应用阶段，我们开发了一个项目库。为了进行效度和信度分析，我们在 2022 年 3 月至 12 月期间收集了 442 人的数据，其中包括有新生儿的父亲和伴侣怀孕的准父亲。效度评估包括内容、探索性和确认性因子分析以及收敛效度。此外，还对量表的内部一致性和两次半测试的可靠性进行了评估。本研究以 STROBE 检查表为指导：量表的最终版本包括三个子维度（卫生、安全和营养）。项目总数为 17 个。确认性因子分析结果证实了探索性因子分析的结果。量表得分与参与者的自我评估得分之间存在很强的相关性：该研究表明，FSSNC 是一种有效、可靠且易于使用的测量工具，可用于评估父亲在新生儿护理中的卫生、安全和营养方面的自我效能。

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Asian Nursing Research NURSING-

CiteScore

4.20

自引率

4.50%

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审稿时长

45 days

期刊介绍： Asian Nursing Research is the official peer-reviewed research journal of the Korean Society of Nursing Science, and is devoted to publication of a wide range of research that will contribute to the body of nursing science and inform the practice of nursing, nursing education, administration, and history, on health issues relevant to nursing, and on the testing of research findings in practice.