Maternal identity measurement based on the experiences of mothers with infants: a methodological study.
Sun Jung Park, Eun Young Choi
PMID 40210299WHAT IT FOUND
A 17-item questionnaire for Korean mothers of infants measures maternal identity across warmth, effort, indifference and preparation.
It was tested in 300 mothers but has not been tested for clinical care.
Key findings
01The final scale retained 17 items in four factors, warmth type, best effort type, indifference type and preparation type, with total scores ranging from 17 to 82.
02The main analysis used 300 valid responses from mothers of infants after excluding 11 invalid responses.
03Scale scores correlated with maternal role confidence (r=.70) and with parenting stress (r=.33).
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What it does not show
The main sample was convenience sampling of mothers visiting health centers, daycare centers and pediatric hospitals, so it may not represent all Korean mothers of infants. Participants were mothers of infants free from general illnesses or physical deformities and not part of multicultural families, so results may not apply to mothers with illness, disability, or multicultural families. The authors state applicability outside Korean cultural contexts is unknown. The tool is designed only for the infant stage and has not been adapted for other parenting phases. The study tested measurement properties, not clinical outcomes, care processes, or whether using the tool improves maternal or infant health. The preliminary survey sample size is reported inconsistently as 120 mothers in one section and 110 mothers in another. The supplied text says confirmatory factor analysis was performed, but it does not report its results.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflict of interest. The study was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea under grant number 2022 R1G1A10069972.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the correlation with maternal role confidence as proof that using the questionnaire improves maternal or infant outcomes. The study tested measurement properties in 300 Korean mothers of infants and did not test nurse-delivered care or patient outcomes.