title: Validation of the Antenatal Perceived Stress Inventory.
abstract: This article presents the Antenatal Perceived Stress Inventory. The originality of this scale is to assess the impact of events experienced during pregnancy on the stress perceived by mothers. Scale validation was performed using data from 150 French-speaking nulliparous mothers and collected between 36 and 39 weeks of gestation (T1), and between 2 days (T2) and 6 weeks postpartum (T3). Factor analysis revealed a hierarchical three-factor structure that closely fit the data, including medical and obstetric risks/fetal health (F1), psychosocial changes (F2), and the prospect of childbirth (F3). The Antenatal Perceived Stress Inventory is a valid French prenatal stress scale with good psychometric properties.
authors.affiliation: University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Chantal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Razurel
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dupuis
authors.forename: Jean-Philippe
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Antonietti
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Citherlet
authors.forename: Manuella
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Epiney
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sellenet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000523:psychology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011264:Pregnancy Trimesters / Q000523:psychology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Perceived Stress Scale; anxiety; depression; pregnancy; prenatal; validation