The Fathers' Fear of Childbirth Scale: a Turkish validity and reliability study.

IF 4.6 Q2 MATERIALS SCIENCE, BIOMATERIALS ACS Applied Bio Materials Pub Date : 2024-06-01 Epub Date: 2023-06-13 DOI:10.1080/02646838.2023.2225084

Pelin Calpbinici, Pınar Uzunkaya Öztoprak, Fusun Terzioğlu, Yaprak Üstün

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Purpose: Fathers' Fear of Childbirth Scale (FFCS) was developed specifically to measure fathers' fear of childbirth. The aim of this study was to investigate the Turkish validity and reliability of the FFCS.

Design: This study used a cross-sectional and methodological design.

Methods: The population of the study consists of 315 pregnant spouses who were registered at a hospital in Ankara, Turkey, between August 11 and 5 November 2021. The mean age of expectant fathers are 31.57 (5.88). After translating the FFCS to Turkish, a confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to examine its construct validity. Concurrent validity was established by examining the correlation between the FFCS-Turkish with the Fear of Birth Scale (FOBS) and the male version of the Childbirth Fear-Prior to Pregnancy scale (M-CFPP). Both internal consistency and test-retest reliability were examined for the FFCS-Turkish. Results: The scope validity index of the scale was found to be 0.96. Based on the results of confirmatory factor analysis, a two-factor structure with 17 items was verified. The fit indices were found to be χ² = 309.610, χ²/df = 2.76, root mean square error = 0.075, goodness of fit index = 0.89, comparative fit index = 0.93, and adjusted goodness of fit index = 0.86. All fit indices were at good levels. A strong correlation was found between the FFCS and the FOBS and M-CFPP scales within the scope of concurrent validity. Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient for the entire scale was 0.93. The test-retest reliability was also high.

Conclusions: The FFCS is a valid and reliable scale and measurement tool that can be used on Turkish expectant fathers.

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父亲分娩恐惧量表：土耳其有效性和可靠性研究。

目的：父亲分娩恐惧量表（FFCS）是专为测量父亲对分娩的恐惧而编制的。本研究旨在调查 FFCS 在土耳其的有效性和可靠性：本研究采用横断面和方法学设计：研究对象包括 2021 年 8 月 11 日至 11 月 5 日期间在土耳其安卡拉一家医院登记的 315 名孕妇配偶。准爸爸的平均年龄为 31.57（5.88）岁。在将 FFCS 翻译成土耳其语后，对其进行了确认性因子分析，以检验其结构效度。通过检验 FFCS（土耳其语）与 "分娩恐惧量表"（FOBS）和男性版 "分娩恐惧-妊娠前量表"（M-CFPP）之间的相关性，确定了其并发效度。对 FFCS-Turkish 的内部一致性和重复测试可靠性进行了检验。结果显示量表的范围效度指数为 0.96。根据确认性因素分析的结果，验证了包含 17 个项目的双因素结构。拟合指数为 χ2 = 309.610，χ2/df = 2.76，均方根误差 = 0.075，拟合优度指数 = 0.89，比较拟合指数 = 0.93，调整拟合优度指数 = 0.86。所有拟合指数均处于良好水平。在并发效度范围内，FFCS 与 FOBS 和 M-CFPP 量表之间存在很强的相关性。整个量表的 Cronbach's alpha 信度系数为 0.93。结论：FFCS是一个有效、可靠的量表和测量工具，可用于土耳其准爸爸。

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