Validity of the social support assessment scale in mothers of hospitalized premature neonates

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ID19355264
AuthorsMaihana Maira Cruz Dantas FONSECA (0000-0002-6190-8050, Sociedade Brasileira de Psicologia), Heloísa Karmelina Carvalho de SOUSA (0000-0001-7722-6874, Universidade de Pernambuco), Brenda Albuquerque Adriano da SILVA (0000-0002-5384-0084, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte), João Carlos Alchieri (0000-0002-4150-8519, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte), Eulália Maria Chaves Maia (0000-0002-0354-7074, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte)
Year2021
Volume38
Publication date2021-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEstudos de Psicologia (Campinas) (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0103-166X • E-ISSN: 1982-0275
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1982-0275202138e190112
OpenAlexW3037041846
SciELOS0103-166X2021000101201
LanguageEN
References cited15

Mothers staying with their premature babies, hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit tend to have reduced contact with friends and family, so it is pertinent that the perceived social support be evaluated during this period. This study aims to verify the validity of the Scale to evaluate the perceived social support by mothers of hospitalized premature babies. It is composed by the following dimensions: affective support; material support; informational support; emotionalsupport; embracing support; and attentional support. It is a sectional analytical study. The participants were 218 mothers of premature babies hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The social support Scale for mothers of hospitalized premature neonates demonstrates satisfactory psychometric quality, presenting evidence of criterion validity, internal consistency and internal structure

Developmental psychology · Intensive care · Intensive care medicine · Internal consistency · Neonatal intensive care unit · Psychometrics · Scale (ratio) · Social support · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences · Clinical Psychology · Infant Development and Preterm Care · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Pediatrics

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