title: The Adolescent Prenatal Questionnaire: assessing psychosocial factors that influence transition to motherhood.
abstract: The purpose of the study was to develop a psychometrically reliable and valid instrument that assesses psychosocial factors that influence transition to motherhood in first-time pregnant adolescents 15-18 years of age. The descriptive, correlational study tested the Adolescent Prenatal Questionnaire (APQ) in 145 unmarried first-time pregnant adolescents 15-18 years of age who planned to keep their infants. Factor analysis yielded an interpretable four-factor solution that accounted for 40% of the variance with adequate internal consistency estimates and test-retest correlations to merit further testing.
authors.affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing, Omaha, Nebraska 68198, USA. mkaiser@unmc.edu
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaiser
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D015146:Midwestern United States; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000523:psychology*; D037841:Pregnant People / Q000523:psychology*; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D011594:Psychometrics; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012847:Single Person / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*