Knowledge of development during pregnancy and the transition to parenthood: Psychometric properties of the Domains of Development Instrument

IF 2.4 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

International Journal of Behavioral Development Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI:10.1177/01650254241265586

Merideth Gattis, Quoc Cuong Truong, Carol Cornsweet Barber, Wendy Middlemiss, Oleg N. Medvedev

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Abstract

Researchers and practitioners need robust measurement tools for evaluating knowledge of child development to better support parents and their children during pregnancy and the transition to parenthood. We addressed this need by evaluating the psychometric properties of the Domains of Development Instrument (DoDI) for measuring knowledge of developmental milestones from birth to 3 years. We evaluated four types of validity evidence for the DoDI: test content, response processes, internal structure, and relations to other variables. We convened an expert panel to evaluate test content and conducted cognitive interviews with mothers to evaluate response processes. We also collected responses from a sample of 418 English-speaking pregnant women to evaluate internal structure and relations to other variables. We observed content validity and response process validity, as well as the predicted internal structure, internal consistency, test–retest reliability, and convergent validity. We conclude with recommendations for future research with the DoDI.

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孕期发育知识和为人父母的过渡：发育领域工具的心理计量特性

研究人员和从业人员需要强有力的测量工具来评估儿童发展知识，以便在怀孕期间和为人父母的过渡时期更好地支持父母及其子女。为了满足这一需求，我们评估了 "发育领域测量工具"（Domains of Development Instrument，DoDI）的心理测量特性，以测量从出生到 3 岁的发育里程碑知识。我们评估了 DoDI 的四种有效性证据：测试内容、反应过程、内部结构以及与其他变量的关系。我们召集了一个专家小组来评估测试内容，并对母亲进行认知访谈以评估反应过程。我们还收集了 418 位讲英语的孕妇的样本回答，以评估内部结构以及与其他变量的关系。我们观察到了内容效度和反应过程效度，以及预测的内部结构、内部一致性、测试-再测可靠性和收敛效度。最后，我们对 DoDI 的未来研究提出了建议。

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International Journal of Behavioral Development PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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期刊介绍： The International Journal of Behavioral Development is the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, which exists to promote the discovery, dissemination and application of knowledge about developmental processes at all stages of the life span - infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age. The Journal is already the leading international outlet devoted to reporting interdisciplinary research on behavioural development, and has now, in response to the rapidly developing fields of behavioural genetics, neuroscience and developmental psychopathology, expanded its scope to these and other related new domains of scholarship. In this way, it provides a truly world-wide platform for researchers which can facilitate a greater integrated lifespan perspective. In addition to original empirical research, the Journal also publishes theoretical and review papers, methodological papers, and other work of scientific interest that represents a significant advance in the understanding of any aspect of behavioural development. The Journal also publishes papers on behaviour development research within or across particular geographical regions. Papers are therefore considered from a wide range of disciplines, covering all aspects of the lifespan. Articles on topics of eminent current interest, such as research on the later life phases, biological processes in behaviour development, cross-national, and cross-cultural issues, and interdisciplinary research in general, are particularly welcome.