The Development of the Healthy Pregnancy Stress Scale, and Validation in a Sample of Low-Income African American Women.

摘要: Objectives The association of stress with pregnancy health is well-known. However, few studies take a mixed methods approach to understand the stressors contributing woman’s pregnancy-related stress. Among African American women, exposure during likely contributes disparities in outcomes. This work aimed types and magnitude women are exposed pregnancy. Methods Using research design, we developed administered Healthy Pregnancy Stress Scale measure within environment living poverty. Results Exploratory factor analysis one random split-half sample (N = 85) identified two-factor model. Factor 1, defined as general stressors, had significant loadings for ten items that ranged from 0.319 0.724. 2, relationship strain, three ranging 0.613 0.856. Confirmatory second (N = 88) showed strong fit two model similar magnitude. Standard statistics those adjust item non-normality suggested an adequate data (RMSEA = 0.057, CFI = 0.947, TLI = 0.932; Satorra-Bentler RMSEA = 0.037, CFI = 0.972, TLI = 0.965). Conclusions Practice Our measurement tool may provide way determine differences experiences across diverse populations women. Future should include test construct validity by correlating scale other measures have specific directional populations.