Investigation of Factor Structure and Validation of the Parent - Infant Interaction Questionnair

Background: the birth of a premature baby puts a lot of stress on the family. This stress is due to the lack of physical, emotional and psychological readiness of the parent to enter this premature baby and the family faces many needs, therefore, attention to the specific issues and needs of these families is considered. Objective: The purpose of the present study was to construct and investigate the factor structure and validation of the parent - infant interaction questionnaire in Behshahr. Method: After translation, design and approval of items by experts in the field of psychology and psychometrics, 222 mothers with infants over 2 months were selected by convenience sampling method and based on the criteria of Klein, moreover, this questionnaire was administered to them. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were used to evaluate the construct validity. Result: According to the research findings, 3 factors and 19 items were identified. In addition, the confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the three - factor model of this questionnaire. To measure the reliability of the test, the KR-20 method was used, whose coefficients ranged from 0.610 to 0.803. Conclusion: The results indicate that the questionnaire has desirable psychometric properties and is a good tool for measuring mother - infant interaction.