title: Development of the Breastfeeding Personal Efficacy Beliefs Inventory: a measure of women's confidence about breastfeeding.
abstract: The newly developed Breastfeeding Personal Efficacy Beliefs Inventory (BPEBI) was tested as a measure of breastfeeding confidence to support breastfeeding promotion research. Participants were 479 volunteers who returned the BPEBI after it was mailed to 700 randomly selected female students enrolled at a land grant university in a predominately White Appalachian state. Internal consistency reliability was .89. Five factors emerged during factor analysis (eigenvalue = 7.3 to 1.2, variance explained = 53%) consistent with the conceptual basis of the inventory. Further reliability and validity assessments were recommended with ethnically and academically heterogeneous women with different breastfeeding experience.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, West Virginia University, Morgantown 26506, USA. acleveland@hsc.wvu.edu
authors.forename: Ann Pollard
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Cleveland
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McCrone
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000523:psychology*; D004522:Educational Status; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012044:Regression Analysis; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D014495:Universities; D044465:White People / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D014930:Women / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*