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A Swedish Translation And Validation Of The Mother-To-Infant Bonding Scale, Evalotte Mörelius, Anna Elander, Emmy Saghamre
A Swedish Translation And Validation Of The Mother-To-Infant Bonding Scale, Evalotte Mörelius, Anna Elander, Emmy Saghamre
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
© Author(s) 2020. Aim: This study aimed to test initial validity, reliability, and feasibility of the Mother-to-Infant Bonding Scale in a sample of Swedish mothers. Methods: A translation was performed through 11 steps using a forward–backward bilingual technique. For criterion validity, the Swedish translation of the Mother-to-Infant Bonding Scale (S-MIBS) was compared with the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire, sub-scale 1 (PBQ1) and 2 (PBQ2) and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) in a sample of 63 Swedish mothers. Internal consistency was calculated with Cronbach’s alpha. For feasibility testing, the mothers were asked to grade their experience of S-MIBS and PBQ on a …