Validity and Reliability of the Arabic Version of Muller’s Prenatal Attachment Inventory

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dc.contributor.advisorMetcalfe, Amy
dc.contributor.authorArafah, Dima
dc.contributor.committeememberFenton, Tanis
dc.contributor.committeememberThomas, Bejoy
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-02T21:55:10Z
dc.date.available2017-05-02T21:55:10Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.submitted2017en
dc.description.abstractIncreased maternal fetal attachment (MFA) is associated to improved health practices. A tool to measure MFA within an Arab cultural context was developed to help health care providers identify and help women with low MFA. Muller’s 21-item Prenatal Attachment Inventory (PAI) was translated from English into Arabic and tested on 250 pregnant Arab women in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to measure its psychometric properties and appropriateness within an Arab cultural context. A cross-sectional quantitative study was conducted in two phases. First, the tool was translated using the Universal Translation Approach and assessed for content validity. In this phase there were four new items added to the original tool and their validity was tested in the second phase. In the second phase, the tool was tested on the study population, descriptive statistics were developed, association tests were used to explore associations between demographic variables and MFA, factor analysis was conducted and reliability was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. Associations between MFA and maternal variables were found such as downloading an application to follow the baby’s growth, planning to breastfeed the baby and parity. The Arabic tool could serve Arab-speaking countries and help researchers explore new associations between MFA and the social determinants of health for Arab mothers and babies.en_US
dc.identifier.citationArafah, D. (2017). Validity and Reliability of the Arabic Version of Muller’s Prenatal Attachment Inventory (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28628en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28628
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3811
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEducation--Health
dc.subjectEducation--Tests and Measurements
dc.subjectLiterature--Middle Eastern
dc.subjectObstetrics and Gynecology
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subjectPsychometrics
dc.subject.otherMaternal fetal attachment
dc.subject.otherMaternal antenatal attachment
dc.subject.otherPsychometrics
dc.subject.otherArab maternal fetal attachment
dc.titleValidity and Reliability of the Arabic Version of Muller’s Prenatal Attachment Inventory
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunity Health Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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