The Italian language postpartum specific anxiety scale [PSAS-IT]: translation, psychometric evaluation, and validation
IntroductionWhile often positive, the lifecourse transition to motherhood is susceptible to the risk for developing mood disorders. Postpartum anxiety has often been overshadowed by other perinatal-specific mental health disorders, such as postpartum depression, and therefore has not been at the for...
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| author | Chiara Ionio Giulia Ciuffo Marta Landoni Martina Smorti Anna Maria Della Vedova Paul Christiansen Victoria Fallon Sergio A. Silverio Alessandra Bramante |
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| description | IntroductionWhile often positive, the lifecourse transition to motherhood is susceptible to the risk for developing mood disorders. Postpartum anxiety has often been overshadowed by other perinatal-specific mental health disorders, such as postpartum depression, and therefore has not been at the forefront or center of as much empirical study. This has meant there is a lack of effective and reliable tools with which to measure it, despite growing evidence suggesting its detrimental impact on mothers, their babies, wider family and social contacts, and on healthcare systems. This current study aimed to translate and validate the Postpartum Specific Anxiety Scale [PSAS] into the Italian language, and to validate the tool for its use in detecting anxiety specific to motherhood.MethodsThe study (N = 457) comprised 4 stages: English-Italian translation and back-translation to obtain the Italian version [PSAS-IT]; a preliminary pilot study to adapt the PSAS to the characteristics of the Italian population; measurement invariance; and internal reliability of subscales.ResultsThe PSAS-IT demonstrates similar psychometric properties as the original English-language PSAS, with acceptable acceptability, construct and convergent validity, and internal consistency. Confirmatory factor analysis for multiple groups (Italy and United Kingdom) showed that the factor structure of the PSAS was valid for both groups [χ2 (2436) = 4679.481, p < 0.001, TLI = 0.969, CFI =0.972, RMSEA = 0.045, SRMR =0.064].DiscussionThe resulting findings offer a reliable measure of postpartum anxiety in Italian language up to six months after birth. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c53426593e8a42b5bd76279a50ffc6da2023-08-09T07:47:54ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402023-08-011410.3389/fpsyt.2023.12086131208613The Italian language postpartum specific anxiety scale [PSAS-IT]: translation, psychometric evaluation, and validationChiara Ionio0Giulia Ciuffo1Marta Landoni2Martina Smorti3Anna Maria Della Vedova4Paul Christiansen5Victoria Fallon6Sergio A. Silverio7Alessandra Bramante8CRIdee, Dipartimento di Psicologia, Facoltà di Psicologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, ItalyCRIdee, Dipartimento di Psicologia, Facoltà di Psicologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, ItalyCRIdee, Dipartimento di Psicologia, Facoltà di Psicologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, ItalyDipartimento di Patologia Chirurgica, Medica, Molecolare e dell'Area Critica, Università di Pisa, Pisa, ItalyDipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università Degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, Institute of Population Health, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United KingdomDepartment of Psychology, Institute of Population Health, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United KingdomDepartment of Women & Children’s Health, School of Life Course & Population Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King’s College London, London, United KingdomPolicentro Donna, Milan, ItalyIntroductionWhile often positive, the lifecourse transition to motherhood is susceptible to the risk for developing mood disorders. Postpartum anxiety has often been overshadowed by other perinatal-specific mental health disorders, such as postpartum depression, and therefore has not been at the forefront or center of as much empirical study. This has meant there is a lack of effective and reliable tools with which to measure it, despite growing evidence suggesting its detrimental impact on mothers, their babies, wider family and social contacts, and on healthcare systems. This current study aimed to translate and validate the Postpartum Specific Anxiety Scale [PSAS] into the Italian language, and to validate the tool for its use in detecting anxiety specific to motherhood.MethodsThe study (N = 457) comprised 4 stages: English-Italian translation and back-translation to obtain the Italian version [PSAS-IT]; a preliminary pilot study to adapt the PSAS to the characteristics of the Italian population; measurement invariance; and internal reliability of subscales.ResultsThe PSAS-IT demonstrates similar psychometric properties as the original English-language PSAS, with acceptable acceptability, construct and convergent validity, and internal consistency. Confirmatory factor analysis for multiple groups (Italy and United Kingdom) showed that the factor structure of the PSAS was valid for both groups [χ2 (2436) = 4679.481, p < 0.001, TLI = 0.969, CFI =0.972, RMSEA = 0.045, SRMR =0.064].DiscussionThe resulting findings offer a reliable measure of postpartum anxiety in Italian language up to six months after birth.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1208613/fullanxietypostpartumscale developmentmaternal mental healthpsychometricsItalian population |
| spellingShingle | Chiara Ionio Giulia Ciuffo Marta Landoni Martina Smorti Anna Maria Della Vedova Paul Christiansen Victoria Fallon Sergio A. Silverio Alessandra Bramante The Italian language postpartum specific anxiety scale [PSAS-IT]: translation, psychometric evaluation, and validation Frontiers in Psychiatry anxiety postpartum scale development maternal mental health psychometrics Italian population |
| title | The Italian language postpartum specific anxiety scale [PSAS-IT]: translation, psychometric evaluation, and validation |
| title_full | The Italian language postpartum specific anxiety scale [PSAS-IT]: translation, psychometric evaluation, and validation |
| title_fullStr | The Italian language postpartum specific anxiety scale [PSAS-IT]: translation, psychometric evaluation, and validation |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Italian language postpartum specific anxiety scale [PSAS-IT]: translation, psychometric evaluation, and validation |
| title_short | The Italian language postpartum specific anxiety scale [PSAS-IT]: translation, psychometric evaluation, and validation |
| title_sort | italian language postpartum specific anxiety scale psas it translation psychometric evaluation and validation |
| topic | anxiety postpartum scale development maternal mental health psychometrics Italian population |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1208613/full |
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