Development of the Breastfeeding Personal Efficacy Beliefs Inventory: a measure of women's confidence about breastfeeding.
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.
Cleveland
Ann Pollard
AP
School of Nursing, West Virginia University, Morgantown 26506, USA. acleveland@hsc.wvu.edu
McCrone
Susan
S
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*