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Psychometric Properties of the Italian Perceived Maternal Parenting Self-Efficacy (PMP S-E)

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To validate the Italian Perceived Maternal Parenting Self-Efficacy (PMP S-E), the first questionnaire specifically developed for mothers of preterm neonates hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Two hundred mothers filled the PMP S-E, the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), the Parental Distress Index (PSI-SF/Pd). The Explanatory Factor Analysis outlined four factors: care-taking procedures, evoking behaviours, reading and managing bodily cues, reading and managing emotional cues. This factor-solution demonstrated adequate goodness of fit when the Confirmatory Factor Analysis was carried out. Internal consistency was high for the overall scale (α = 0.932), and the all the factors (all α > 0.80). There was a moderate correlation with GSES (r = .438; p < .001), while the associations with EPDS (r = .295; p < .001) and PSI-SF/Pd (r = .193; p = .006) were low. Good test–retest reliability was found over 2 weeks (r = .73; p < .001). These findings support the validity and reliability of the Italian PMP S-E.

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The Authors would like to thank all the mothers who participated to the study and Professor Gaetano Chirico as representative of all the clinicians of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Spedali Civili in Brescia.

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Pedrini, L., Ferrari, C. & Ghilardi, A. Psychometric Properties of the Italian Perceived Maternal Parenting Self-Efficacy (PMP S-E). J Clin Psychol Med Settings 26, 173–182 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-018-9578-3

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