Adaptation and validation of the Spanish version of the Being a Mother scale.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Becoming a mother is a very important process because of the impact it can have on women and their families. Currently, there is no validated questionnaire that evaluates the process of becoming a mother in the Spanish population. Moreover, no consistent results have been obtained to identify significant differences between primiparous and multiparous mothers.

Aim

(1) Linguistic and metric validation of the Being a Mother scale (BaM-13) in the Spanish population, (2) analysis of possible differences between primiparous and multiparous mothers' experience of motherhood.

Methods

Instrumental design. In 2016-2017, a sample of 579 mothers with children between 6 and 11 months of age completed the Spanish version of BaM-13. The instrument was translated using fo

SUBMITTER: Riera-Martin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11468896 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature