心理测量评估的愿望,以避免怀孕在印度的规模
Sarah Averbach1, Nicole E Johns2, Shweta Tomar2
1Center on Gender Equity and Health, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease and Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA; University of California, San Diego, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Division of Complex Family Planning, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Contraception
|May 10, 2025
概括
避免怀孕的愿望 (DAP) 尺度在印度显示出良好的可靠性. 较高的分数预测避孕药的使用增加和怀孕风险降低,支持其在计划生育研究中的使用.
科学领域:
- 生殖健康 生殖健康
- 心理测量 心理测量 心理测量
- 计划生育 计划生育方式
背景情况:
- 避免怀孕的愿望 (DAP) 尺度是一种用来评估个人对生育的态度的工具.
- 它的心理测量特性需要在印度等多元文化背景下进行验证.
研究的目的:
- 在印度马哈拉施特拉州的已婚妇女群体中评估DAP尺度的心理表现.
- 在这个特定的背景下评估尺度的可靠性,单维性和构造有效性.
主要方法:
- 分析了印度马哈拉施特拉州1088名已婚妇女参与计划生育干预的调查数据.
- 使用克朗巴赫α测量内部一致性;通过探索性因子分析评估单维性.
- 项目响应理论 (IRT) 评估了项目性能,并测试了回归模型对避孕药使用和怀孕的构造有效性.
主要成果:
- 13项DAP尺度 (DAP-13) 显示出高的内部一致性 (克朗巴赫的α=0.92).
- 探索性因子分析支持单维模型,解释了71%的差异.
- 较高的DAP-13分数与当前和未来避孕药的使用增加以及随后怀孕的几率降低有显著的关联.
结论:
- 修改后的DAP尺度 (DAP-13) 是可靠的,并且在研究的印度人群中是单维的.
- 该尺度的构造有效性得到了其与避孕药使用和怀孕结果的关联的支持.
- 建议进行进一步的研究,以完善一个项目的翻译,以更好地捕捉文化细微差别.
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