TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-efficacy in Infant Care Scale
T2 - Development and psychometric testing
AU - Prasopkittikun, Tassanee
AU - Tilokskulchai, Fongcum
AU - Sinsuksai, Nittaya
AU - Sitthimongkol, Yajai
PY - 2006/3
Y1 - 2006/3
N2 - The Self-Efficacy in Infant Care Scale (SICS) is a self-administered measure to assess maternal judgments about the ability to care for the baby during the first year of life. The SICS was initially composed of 67 items and was tested on 397 Thai mothers with infants < 12 months old. The test demonstrated adequate internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Factor analysis yielded 42 items with five dimensions of self-efficacy in infant care. With an acceptable model fit using confirmatory factor analysis, a final version of the SICS contained 40 items with four dimensions of self-efficacy in infant care: developmental promotion, general health care, safety, and diet. This preliminary test for the psychometric properties revealed that the SICS has potential uses for both research and clinical purposes. However, the model selected must be viewed as tentative; further refinement is suggested.
AB - The Self-Efficacy in Infant Care Scale (SICS) is a self-administered measure to assess maternal judgments about the ability to care for the baby during the first year of life. The SICS was initially composed of 67 items and was tested on 397 Thai mothers with infants < 12 months old. The test demonstrated adequate internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Factor analysis yielded 42 items with five dimensions of self-efficacy in infant care. With an acceptable model fit using confirmatory factor analysis, a final version of the SICS contained 40 items with four dimensions of self-efficacy in infant care: developmental promotion, general health care, safety, and diet. This preliminary test for the psychometric properties revealed that the SICS has potential uses for both research and clinical purposes. However, the model selected must be viewed as tentative; further refinement is suggested.
KW - Infant care
KW - Instrument development
KW - Psychometric testing
KW - Self-efficacy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33645646502&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2004.00266.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2004.00266.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 16451428
AN - SCOPUS:33645646502
SN - 1441-0745
VL - 8
SP - 44
EP - 50
JO - Nursing and Health Sciences
JF - Nursing and Health Sciences
IS - 1
ER -