ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2023
The Italian language postpartum specific anxiety scale [PSAS-IT]: translation, psychometric evaluation, and validation.
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- Postpartum-specific anxiety among working mothers in relation to maternity leave perceptions: a cross-sectional study from Turkey.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Validation of the Spanish-language version of the Postpartum Specific Anxiety Scale Research Short Form: PSAS-ES-RSF.Archives of women's mental health · 2026Article
- A Protocol for the International Translation and Validation of the Postpartum Specific Anxiety Scale for Preterm Birth [PSAS-PTB] and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit [PSAS-NICU] Contexts.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2026Article
- A Protocol for the Development and Validation of the Postpartum Specific Anxiety Scale-Preterm Birth [PSAS-PTB] and the Postpartum Specific Anxiety Scale-Neonatal Intensive Care Unit [PSAS-NICU].International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2025Article
- Psychometric Evaluation of the Validity and Reliability of the Italian Version of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy Amongst Postnatal Women.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Assessing Perinatal Psychiatric Morbidity: Implications for Maternal Mental Health Care in Italy.Clinical psychology in Europe · 2025Article
- Preventing Premature Family Maladjustment: Protocol for a Multidisciplinary eHealth Study on Preterm Parents' Well-Being.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Mother-Child Attachment Relationship in Pregnancy, Postpartum, and Early Childhood: Current Status and New Research Perspectives.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2024Article
- Postpartum-Specific Anxiety and Maternal-Infant Bonding: A Predictive Validity Study amongst Italian Women.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2024Article
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Abstract
Introduction: While often positive, the lifecourse transition to motherhood is susceptible to the risk for developing mood disorders. Postpartum anxiety has often been overshadowed by other perinatal-specific mental health disorders, such as postpartum depression, and therefore has not been at the forefront or center of as much empirical study. This has meant there is a lack of effective and reliable tools with which to measure it, despite growing evidence suggesting its detrimental impact on mothers, their babies, wider family and social contacts, and on healthcare systems. This current study aimed to translate and validate the Postpartum Specific Anxiety Scale [PSAS] into the Italian language, and to validate the tool for its use in detecting anxiety specific to motherhood. Methods: The study ( Results: The PSAS-IT demonstrates similar psychometric properties as the original English-language PSAS, with acceptable acceptability, construct and convergent validity, and internal consistency. Confirmatory factor analysis for multiple groups (Italy and United Kingdom) showed that the factor structure of the PSAS was valid for both groups [ Discussion: The resulting findings offer a reliable measure of postpartum anxiety in Italian language up to six months after birth.
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