Development and Validation of a Short Version of the Scale for Parent to Baby Emotions (SPBE-20): Conceptual Replication among Pregnant Women in Japan — Oak Academic Publishing
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Development and Validation of a Short Version of the Scale for Parent to Baby Emotions (SPBE-20): Conceptual Replication among Pregnant Women in Japan
Kitamura Institute of Mental Health Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
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Global Health Care and Midwifery Graduate School of Nursing, Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing, Tokyo, Japan
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Kitamura KOKORO Clinic Mental Health, Tokyo, Japan
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Department of Community Mental Health & Law, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
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Aiiku Research Institute for Maternal, Child Health and Welfare, Imperial Gift Foundation Boshi-Aiiku-Kai, Tokyo, Japan
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T. and F. Kitamura Foundation for Studies and Skill Advancement in Mental Health, Tokyo, Japan
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Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
1 Kitamura Institute of Mental Health Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2 Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
3 Global Health Care and Midwifery Graduate School of Nursing, Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing, Tokyo, Japan
4 Kitamura KOKORO Clinic Mental Health, Tokyo, Japan
5 Department of Community Mental Health & Law, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
6 Aiiku Research Institute for Maternal, Child Health and Welfare, Imperial Gift Foundation Boshi-Aiiku-Kai, Tokyo, Japan
7 T. and F. Kitamura Foundation for Studies and Skill Advancement in Mental Health, Tokyo, Japan
8 Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
The Scale for Parent-to-Baby Emotion (SPBE) is a 73-item self-report measure of maternal emotions towards a baby. This study aimed to develop and validate a short version of the SPBE. In Study 1, women with a 1-month-old baby ( N = 879) were given a set of questionnaires via a website to create a short version of the scale. In Study 2, we performed explanatory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and measurement invariance of the SPBE short version among 696 women in their 1 st trimester. In Study 3, measurement invariance of the short version of the scale between postnatal and prenatal women in Studies 1 and 2 was examined and the subscale scores were linked to the other correlates. In Study 1, the short version (SPBE-20) with 6-basic and 4-self-conscious emotion subscales was developed. In Study 2, the 6-basic emotions model showed acceptable fit: χ 2 / df = 4.251, CFI = .951, and RMSEA = .068. The 4-self-conscious emotions model also showed acceptable fit: χ 2 /df = 5.508, CFI = .964, and RMSEA = .081. All coefficient omega of subscales were >.59. The 4-self-conscious emotions model showed configural up to factor covariance invariance across parity and age. In Study 3, measurement invariance of the 6-basic emotions model was rejected, whereas the 4-self-conscious emotions model showed metric invariance. The subscale scores were significantly correlated with depression, obsessive compulsive symptoms, borderline personality traits, and tokophobia ( p < .001). The SPBE-20 may be used in the perinatal period. Further sophistication of the scale is needed.
KeywordsBasic EmotionSelf-Conscious EmotionConceptual ReplicationMeasure-ment InvariancePostnatal WomanPregnant Women
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