Validation of the Parenting Stress Index for Brazilian Portuguese

: Methodological research. For the validation, the scale was applied to 53 mothers of premature infants at the outpatient monitoring clinic of a public teaching hospital in Paraná between November 2013 and July 2014. For the data analysis, descriptive and inferential statistics were used.

Results

: The reliability was satisfactory for the complete scale (α=0.91) and the domains: Child domain (α=0.87) and parents’ domain (α=0.88). The principal components explained 64.57% of total item variation, being 45.16% from the child’s domain and 17.80% from the parents’ domain.

Conclusion

: The scale was appropriate to assess maternal stress after hospital discharge, endorsing its use in the Brazilian context in new studies to enhance its reliability and validity.

Stress, psychological; Mother, Premature birth; Validation studies

Domains and Subdomains	Mean (Standard Deviation)	Cronbach’s Alpha
Child Domain	87.62(12.97)	0.87
Distractibility/Hyperactivity	97.59(3.79)	0.88
Reinforces Parent	96.77(8.01)	0.88
Acceptability	96.47(7.16)	0.88
Adaptability	95.57(10.54)	0.89
Mood	92.19(19.91)	0.88
Demandingness	83.64(18.17)	0.88
Parent Domain	94.26(8.79)	0.89
Spouse/parenting partner relationship	95.75(8.37)	0.89
Attachment	95.41(9.07)	0.91
Role Restriction	92.15(15.72)	0.90
Depression	90.45(13.53)	0.88
Isolation	29.64(8.94)	0.89
Competence	29.13(11.68)	0.88
Health	26.70(6.44)	0.89
General Score	181.88	0.91

Domains and Subdomains	KMO
Child Domain (CD)	0.77
Distractibility/hyperactivity (DHA)	0.91
Reinforces parent (RPP)	0.90
Acceptability (AC)	0.86
Adaptability (AD)	0.80
Mood (MO)	0.76
Demandingness (DM)	0.75
Parent Domain (PD)	0.77
Competence (CO)	0.83
Isolation (IS)	0.82
Depression (DE)	0.80
Spouse/parenting partner relationship (SPR)	0.74
Health (HE)	0.65
Attachment (AT)	0.60
Role restriction (RR)	0.58

Domains and Subdomains	F1	F2
Child Domain	0.88	0.21
Distractibility/hyperactivity	0.70	0.13
Adaptability	0.60	-0.09
Reinforces parent	0.81	-0.07
Demandingness	0.71	0.20
Mood	0.89	0.01
Acceptability	0.80	0.28
Parent Domain	0.73	0.45
Competence	0.70	-0.04
Isolation	0.39	0.82
Attachment	0.39	-0.79
Health	0.46	0.50
Role restriction	0.47	-0.75
Depression	0.80	0.00
Spouse/parenting partner relationship	0.43	0.63

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[1] Corresponding author. Cláudia Silveira Viera. Bétula street, 124, 85807-240, Jd Tropical, Cascavel, PR, Brazil. clausviera@gmail.com