Joseph A. DiPietro|Anna L. Christensen|Kathleen A. Costigan
The pregnancy experience scale–brief version
Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University
role maternal stress pregnancy remains focus academic clinical inquiry yet instruments available measure pregnancyspecific contributors maternal psychological state report examines psychometric properties abbreviated version pregnancy experience scale pes designed evaluate maternal appraisal positive negative stressors pregnancy pesbrief consists top 10 items endorsed pregnancy hassles 10 pregnancy uplifts original scale pesbrief administered 112 women low risk singleton pregnancies five times 24 38 weeks gestation scoring includes frequency intensity measures hassles uplifts well composite measures relation two internal reliability testretest reliability convergent validity comparable original version pesbrief provides economical source information stress appraisal emotional valence towards pregnancy