DOĞUM ÖNCESİ BABALIK BEKLENTİLERİ ÖLÇEĞİ (DÖBBÖ): GEÇERLİK VE GÜVENİRLİK ÇALIŞMASI

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 13 Sayı: 25, 231 - 255, 20.03.2025

Hilal Karabulut , Duygu Akyüz , Telat Gül Şendil , Sümeyra Altan Karlı

https://doi.org/10.20304/humanitas.1583129

Öz

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Doğum Öncesi Annelik Beklentileri Ölçeği’nin (DÖABÖ) baba adayları için geçerlik ve güvenirliğini incelemektir. Bu doğrultuda ilk kez baba olacak ve eşleri gebeliğinin son üç ayında olan 218 baba adayı araştırmanın katılımcılarını oluşturmaktadır. Çalışmada, demografik bilgileri almak için araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan Demografik Bilgi Formu; Doğum Öncesi Babalık Beklentileri Ölçeği uyarlama çalışması için DÖABÖ’nün babaların beklentilerine uymayacak maddelerinin çıkarılmasıyla elde edilen 31 maddeli hali; yapı geçerliği kapsamında DÖBBÖ ile arasındaki korelasyonu incelemek için Baba Katılım Ölçeği (BAKÖ) kullanılmıştır. DÖBBÖ’nün psikometrik açıdan yeterli olup olmadığını test etmek için Doğrulayıcı Faktör Analizi, geçerlik kapsamında boyutlar arası ve ölçekler arası korelasyon, güvenirlik kapsamında test-tekrar test korelasyonu ve Cronbach Alfa iç tutarlık analizi gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışma kapsamında yapılan analiz sonuçları DÖBBÖ’nün, baba adayları için kullanılabilecek geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçüm aracı olduğunu göstermektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Doğum öncesi babalık beklentileri ölçeği, Baba adayları, Babalığa geçiş, Geçerlik, Güvenirlik

Etik Beyan

Araştırma için İstanbul Atlas Üniversitesi Etik Kurulu’ndan etik izin alınmıştır (Tarih: 07.12.2022; Sayı: E-22686390-050.01.04-22166).

PRENATAL PATERNAL EXPECTATIONS SCALE (PPES): VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY STUDY

Öz

The aim of this study is to examine the validity and reliability of the Prenatal Maternal Expectations Scale (PMES) for expectant fathers. In this context, the participants of the study were 218 expectant fathers who were going to be fathers for the first time and whose wives were in the last three months of their pregnancy. In the study, the Demographic Information Form prepared by the researchers to obtain demographic information was used; the 31-item version of the PMES, obtained by removing the items that would not meet the expectations of fathers, was used for the adaptation study of PPES; and the Father Involvement Scale (FIS) was used to examine the correlation between the PPES within the scope of construct validity. To test whether the PPES was psychometrically adequate, Confirmatory Factor Analysis, inter-dimensional and inter-scale correlations for validity, test-retest correlation and Cronbach's Alpha internal consistency analysis for reliability were performed. The results conducted within the extent of the study show that the PPES is a valid and reliable measurement tool that can be used for expectant fathers.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Prenatal paternal expectations scale, Expectant fathers, Transition to fatherhood, Validity, Reliability

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