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The purpose of this article is to present the adaptation and factorial
validation of the Placental Paradigm Questionnaire (PPQ) for the Portuguese population.
Method: The original PPQ was translated into Portuguese (designated as
‘Questionário do Paradigma Placentário’, QPP) and then back-translated into
English; the Portuguese and the back-translated versions were evaluated by a
panel of experts. The participants were 189 pregnant Portuguese women, interviewed
twice while waiting for sonogram examinations. At first, between 20 and
24 weeks of gestation, an Informed Consent was obtained as well as sociodemographic
information. Between 28 and 36 weeks of gestation, participants
answered the QPP. Results: The principal components analysis showed items to
load mainly on two factors: in factor one, loads ranged between .778 and .522,
while in factor 2, loads ranged between .658 and .421. Accordingly, two subscales
of prenatal maternal orientation to motherhood were considered: (1) Facilitator
Factor (α = .815) and Regulator Factor (α = .770). Conclusion: Overall, these
data suggest that the Portuguese version of the QPP is a reliable and valid measure
for the assessment of prenatal orientation for motherhood. In the future, QPP
measurements will allow to relate maternal orientation to motherhood with other
variables of psychic organisation in pregnancy and after birth.
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Keywords
Attitudes Emotional Mothers Pregnancy Quantitative method
Pedagogical Context
Citation
Carvalho, M. E., & Justo, J. M. (2015). The Portuguese Version of the Placental Paradigm Questionnaire at the Third Trimester of Pregnancy. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 33(5), 478-487.
Publisher
Routledge