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Maternal confidence for labor: Development of the childbirth self‐efficacy inventory
Author(s) -
Lowe Nancy K.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.4770160209
Subject(s) - learned helplessness , locus of control , self efficacy , childbirth , psychology , internal consistency , coping (psychology) , confidence interval , clinical psychology , psychometrics , pregnancy , developmental psychology , medicine , social psychology , biology , genetics
The Childbirth Self‐Efficacy Inventory (CBSEI) is a self‐report instrument that measures outcome expectancies and self‐efficacy expectancies for coping with an approaching childbirth experience. The CBSEI scales have excellent internal consistency reliability (0.86 to 0.96) and factor analysis suggested that each CBSEl scale is unidimensional. Validity of the CBSEI was supported by significant positive correlations with the criterion variables of generalized self‐efficacy, self‐esteem, and internal health locus of control; and significant negative correlations with external health locus of control and learned helplessness. Validity was also supported by significantly higher self‐efficacy scores for multiparous as compared to nulliparous pregnant women. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.