Ebadi A,  Ghavidel F,  Sharif Nia H,  aemmi S Z. A Validation Study of the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire in Iranian Mothers.  Avicenna J Nurs Midwifery Care 2024; 32 (4) :311-319
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                    1- Nursing Care Research Center, Clinical Sciences Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 
 2- Student Research Committee, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran & Department of Emergency Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Teheran, Iran 
 3- Department of Nursing, Amol Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran 
 4- Student Research Committee, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran & Department of Nursing, Quchan School of Nursing, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran , aammiz1@mums.ac.ir
                    
                    
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                    Background and Objective: Postpartum bonding disorder is a significant impairment in the mother-infant relationship during the postpartum period. The present study aimed to translate and validate the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire (PBQ) in Iranian mothers.
Materials and Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional survey design was employed in the current investigation. With the developer's permission, a back-translation procedure was used to translate the original questionnaire from English to Persian. Then, following qualitative face validity, a sample of primiparous mothers completed the questionnaire, and construct validity was assessed using exploratory factor analyses. Moreover, reliability was evaluated using internal consistency analysis (average inter-item correlation, Cronbach’s alpha, and McDonald’s omega) and construct reliability.
Results: A total of 263 primiparous mothers completed the questionnaire. Exploratory factor analysis revealed the 13-item version of the PBQ with a three-factor (‘general factor,’ ‘rejection and anger,’ and ‘anxiety about care’) structure, which explained 49.19% of the overall variance observed, and this confirmed the construct validity of the tool. Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the subscales was equal to 0.744. In addition, the test-retest reliability (0.850-0.952) of the questionnaire with a two-week interval indicated an acceptable range of reliability.
Conclusion: The findings indicate that the Persian version of the 25-item PBQ is a reliable and valid tool for screening and identifying the postpartum bonding disorder among Iranian mothers.
 
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
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Nursing  Received: 2023/07/31 | Accepted: 2023/12/9 | Published: 2024/12/29