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The development and the psychometric evaluation of the Adolescents Intentions towards the Birth Options Scale in Greek

INTRODUCTION: Worldwide, the rising of caesarean section rates is a major public health issue. Little is known regarding birth attitudes held by students who are the next generation of parents. The aim of this study was to develop and assess the psychometric properties of the Adolescents Intentions...

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Autores principales: Varnakioti, Dimitra, Gourounti, Kleanthi, Sarantaki, Antigoni, Tzavara, Chara, Lykeridou, Aikaterini
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Publicado: European Publishing 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8899851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35341132
http://dx.doi.org/10.18332/ejm/145968
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author Varnakioti, Dimitra
Gourounti, Kleanthi
Sarantaki, Antigoni
Tzavara, Chara
Lykeridou, Aikaterini
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Gourounti, Kleanthi
Sarantaki, Antigoni
Tzavara, Chara
Lykeridou, Aikaterini
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description INTRODUCTION: Worldwide, the rising of caesarean section rates is a major public health issue. Little is known regarding birth attitudes held by students who are the next generation of parents. The aim of this study was to develop and assess the psychometric properties of the Adolescents Intentions towards Birth Options Scale (AIBOS), a self-report and short instrument assessing intentions towards birth options in young adolescents. METHODS: The AIBOS was framed by Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior and developed in a three-phase process using an integrated mixed-methods approach that included literature reviews, professional focus groups, and a psychometric survey evaluation. The psychometric evaluation was conducted by recruiting a sample of 480 high school students. Content validity, exploratory factor analysis, discriminant and construct validity, test-retest reliability and internal consistency were explored. RESULTS: The expert panel determined that the content validity was satisfactory. The final 17-item scale consisted of five factors explaining 48.9% of the total variance in the data. Discriminant validity was satisfactory. Cronbach’s α coefficient was over 0.7 for each factor, indicating acceptable internal consistency of the questionnaire. There was significant agreement in all subscales as emerged from test-retest. CONCLUSIONS: The AIBOS demonstrated good content validity, an easily interpretable five-factor structure, acceptable internal consistency, high test-retest reliability, and satisfactory discriminant and construct validity with sample characteristics. It is an easily comprehensible, easily completed tool, which matches the culture of young adolescents.
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spelling pubmed-88998512022-03-25 The development and the psychometric evaluation of the Adolescents Intentions towards the Birth Options Scale in Greek Varnakioti, Dimitra Gourounti, Kleanthi Sarantaki, Antigoni Tzavara, Chara Lykeridou, Aikaterini Eur J Midwifery Research Paper INTRODUCTION: Worldwide, the rising of caesarean section rates is a major public health issue. Little is known regarding birth attitudes held by students who are the next generation of parents. The aim of this study was to develop and assess the psychometric properties of the Adolescents Intentions towards Birth Options Scale (AIBOS), a self-report and short instrument assessing intentions towards birth options in young adolescents. METHODS: The AIBOS was framed by Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior and developed in a three-phase process using an integrated mixed-methods approach that included literature reviews, professional focus groups, and a psychometric survey evaluation. The psychometric evaluation was conducted by recruiting a sample of 480 high school students. Content validity, exploratory factor analysis, discriminant and construct validity, test-retest reliability and internal consistency were explored. RESULTS: The expert panel determined that the content validity was satisfactory. The final 17-item scale consisted of five factors explaining 48.9% of the total variance in the data. Discriminant validity was satisfactory. Cronbach’s α coefficient was over 0.7 for each factor, indicating acceptable internal consistency of the questionnaire. There was significant agreement in all subscales as emerged from test-retest. CONCLUSIONS: The AIBOS demonstrated good content validity, an easily interpretable five-factor structure, acceptable internal consistency, high test-retest reliability, and satisfactory discriminant and construct validity with sample characteristics. It is an easily comprehensible, easily completed tool, which matches the culture of young adolescents. European Publishing 2022-03-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8899851/ /pubmed/35341132 http://dx.doi.org/10.18332/ejm/145968 Text en © 2022 Varnakioti D. et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Lykeridou, Aikaterini
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8899851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35341132
http://dx.doi.org/10.18332/ejm/145968
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