The Intervening Effect of the "What Being the Parent of a New Baby Is Like--Revised" Questionnaire on Maternal Affect

Autor/inn/en	van Beeck, A. H. Elise; Pridham, Karen F.; Kuipers, Yvonne
Titel	The Intervening Effect of the "What Being the Parent of a New Baby Is Like--Revised" Questionnaire on Maternal Affect
Quelle	In: Research Ethics, 18 (2022) 3, S.250-262 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (van Beeck, A. H. Elise) ORCID (Pridham, Karen F.) ORCID (Kuipers, Yvonne)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1747-0161
DOI	10.1177/17470161221094929
Schlagwörter	Affective Measures; Foreign Countries; Mothers; Infants; Parent Attitudes; Adjustment (to Environment); Attitude Measures; Emotional Response; Emotional Experience; Ethics; Questionnaires; Netherlands; Positive and Negative Affect Schedule + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Mother; Mutter; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Elternverhalten; Emotionales Verhalten; Ethik; Fragebogen; Niederlande
Abstract	The 'What Being the Parent of a New Baby is Like--Revised' (WPL-R) is an instrument designed to measure adaptation to parenthood. In the process of pilot testing and validating the WPL-R in a postpartum Dutch population, we became aware of the potentially sensitive nature of the measure. Despite the ethics committee waiving the invasive nature of the measure, we conducted a survey to explore its possible effect on women's thoughts and emotions by using the Positive And Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) to measure changes associated with completion of the WPL-R. Two hundred and fifteen questionnaires were returned. Our findings indicated a change in PANAS scores, implying an intervening effect when using the WPL-R, in research. This raises the question of whether it is acceptable to use a questionnaire with postpartum women without any knowledge of the possible effect it may have, even though the ethics committee has approved the study and considers the measure to be non-invasive. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01