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Prenatal attachment: using measurement invariance to test the validity of comparisons across eight culturally diverse countries

Studies in high-income countries (HICs) have shown that variability in maternal-fetal attachment (MFA) predict important maternal health and child outcomes. However, the validity of MFA ratings in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) remains unknown. Addressing this gap, we assessed measurement...

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Autores principales: Foley, Sarah, Hughes, Claire, Murray, Aja Louise, Baban, Adriana, Fernando, Asvini D., Madrid, Bernadette, Osafo, Joseph, Sikander, Siham, Abbasi, Fahad, Walker, Susan, Luong-Thanh, Bao-Yen, Vo, Thang Van, Tomlinson, Mark, Fearon, Pasco, Ward, Catherine L., Valdebenito, Sara, Eisner, Manuel
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Publicado: Springer Vienna 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8266779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33559754
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00737-021-01105-8
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author Foley, Sarah
Hughes, Claire
Murray, Aja Louise
Baban, Adriana
Fernando, Asvini D.
Madrid, Bernadette
Osafo, Joseph
Sikander, Siham
Abbasi, Fahad
Walker, Susan
Luong-Thanh, Bao-Yen
Vo, Thang Van
Tomlinson, Mark
Fearon, Pasco
Ward, Catherine L.
Valdebenito, Sara
Eisner, Manuel
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Hughes, Claire
Murray, Aja Louise
Baban, Adriana
Fernando, Asvini D.
Madrid, Bernadette
Osafo, Joseph
Sikander, Siham
Abbasi, Fahad
Walker, Susan
Luong-Thanh, Bao-Yen
Vo, Thang Van
Tomlinson, Mark
Fearon, Pasco
Ward, Catherine L.
Valdebenito, Sara
Eisner, Manuel
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description Studies in high-income countries (HICs) have shown that variability in maternal-fetal attachment (MFA) predict important maternal health and child outcomes. However, the validity of MFA ratings in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) remains unknown. Addressing this gap, we assessed measurement invariance to test the conceptual equivalence of the Prenatal Attachment Inventory (PAI: Muller, 1993) across eight LMICs. Our aim was to determine whether the PAI yields similar information from pregnant women across different cultural contexts. We administered the 18-item PAI to 1181 mothers in the third trimester (Mean age = 28.27 years old, SD = 5.81 years, range = 18–48 years) expecting their first infant (n = 359) or a later-born infant (n = 820) as part of a prospective birth cohort study involving eight middle-income countries: Ghana, Jamaica, Pakistan, Philippines, Romania, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. We used Multiple Group Confirmatory Factor Analyses to assess across-site measurement invariance. A single latent factor with partial measurement invariance was found across all sites except Pakistan. Group comparisons showed that mean levels of MFA were lowest for expectant mothers in Vietnam and highest for expectant mothers in Sri Lanka. MFA was higher in first-time mothers than in mothers expecting a later-born child. The PAI yields similar information about MFA across culturally distinct middle-income countries. These findings strengthen confidence in the use of the tool across different settings; future studies should explore the use of the PAI as a screen for maternal behaviour that place children at risk.
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spelling pubmed-82667792021-07-20 Prenatal attachment: using measurement invariance to test the validity of comparisons across eight culturally diverse countries Foley, Sarah Hughes, Claire Murray, Aja Louise Baban, Adriana Fernando, Asvini D. Madrid, Bernadette Osafo, Joseph Sikander, Siham Abbasi, Fahad Walker, Susan Luong-Thanh, Bao-Yen Vo, Thang Van Tomlinson, Mark Fearon, Pasco Ward, Catherine L. Valdebenito, Sara Eisner, Manuel Arch Womens Ment Health Original Article Studies in high-income countries (HICs) have shown that variability in maternal-fetal attachment (MFA) predict important maternal health and child outcomes. However, the validity of MFA ratings in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) remains unknown. Addressing this gap, we assessed measurement invariance to test the conceptual equivalence of the Prenatal Attachment Inventory (PAI: Muller, 1993) across eight LMICs. Our aim was to determine whether the PAI yields similar information from pregnant women across different cultural contexts. We administered the 18-item PAI to 1181 mothers in the third trimester (Mean age = 28.27 years old, SD = 5.81 years, range = 18–48 years) expecting their first infant (n = 359) or a later-born infant (n = 820) as part of a prospective birth cohort study involving eight middle-income countries: Ghana, Jamaica, Pakistan, Philippines, Romania, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. We used Multiple Group Confirmatory Factor Analyses to assess across-site measurement invariance. A single latent factor with partial measurement invariance was found across all sites except Pakistan. Group comparisons showed that mean levels of MFA were lowest for expectant mothers in Vietnam and highest for expectant mothers in Sri Lanka. MFA was higher in first-time mothers than in mothers expecting a later-born child. The PAI yields similar information about MFA across culturally distinct middle-income countries. These findings strengthen confidence in the use of the tool across different settings; future studies should explore the use of the PAI as a screen for maternal behaviour that place children at risk. Springer Vienna 2021-02-09 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8266779/ /pubmed/33559754 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00737-021-01105-8 Text en © Crown 2021, corrected publication March 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Foley, Sarah
Hughes, Claire
Murray, Aja Louise
Baban, Adriana
Fernando, Asvini D.
Madrid, Bernadette
Osafo, Joseph
Sikander, Siham
Abbasi, Fahad
Walker, Susan
Luong-Thanh, Bao-Yen
Vo, Thang Van
Tomlinson, Mark
Fearon, Pasco
Ward, Catherine L.
Valdebenito, Sara
Eisner, Manuel
Prenatal attachment: using measurement invariance to test the validity of comparisons across eight culturally diverse countries
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title_full Prenatal attachment: using measurement invariance to test the validity of comparisons across eight culturally diverse countries
title_fullStr Prenatal attachment: using measurement invariance to test the validity of comparisons across eight culturally diverse countries
title_full_unstemmed Prenatal attachment: using measurement invariance to test the validity of comparisons across eight culturally diverse countries
title_short Prenatal attachment: using measurement invariance to test the validity of comparisons across eight culturally diverse countries
title_sort prenatal attachment: using measurement invariance to test the validity of comparisons across eight culturally diverse countries
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8266779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33559754
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00737-021-01105-8
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