The development and validation of the Multidimensional Paternal Perinatal Scale (MPPS)

Daisy Gemayel1, Karl K K Wiener1, Anthony Saliba1

  • 1Charles Sturt University, Locked Bag 588, Wagga Wagga, NSW, 2678, Australia.

Heliyon
|May 24, 2021
PubMed
Summary

A new scale, the Multidimensional Paternal Perinatal Scale (MPPS), was developed to assess fathers' emotional well-being precursors during the perinatal period. The MPPS demonstrates adequate content validity and reliability for identifying at-risk fathers.

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