The Intervening Effect of the 'What Being the Parent of a New Baby Is Like--Revised' Questionnaire on Maternal Affect

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  • Author(s): van Beeck, A. H. Elise (ORCID van Beeck, A. H. Elise (ORCID 0000-0002-2449-3888); Pridham, Karen F. (ORCID Pridham, Karen F. (ORCID 0000-0001-5919-7635); Kuipers, Yvonne (ORCID Kuipers, Yvonne (ORCID 0000-0002-4200-0522)
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    Research Ethics. Jul 2022 18(3):250-262.
  • Publication Date:
    2022
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://sagepub.com
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      13
    • Subject Terms:
      Affective Measures; Foreign Countries; Mothers; Infants; Parent Attitudes; Adjustment (to Environment); Attitude Measures; Emotional Response; Emotional Experience; Ethics; Questionnaires
    • Subject Terms:
      Netherlands
    • Subject Terms:
      Positive and Negative Affect Schedule
    • Accession Number:
      10.1177/17470161221094929
    • ISSN:
      1747-0161
    • Abstract:
      The 'What Being the Parent of a New Baby is Like--Revised' (WPL-R) is an instrument designed to measure adaptation to parenthood. In the process of pilot testing and validating the WPL-R in a postpartum Dutch population, we became aware of the potentially sensitive nature of the measure. Despite the ethics committee waiving the invasive nature of the measure, we conducted a survey to explore its possible effect on women's thoughts and emotions by using the Positive And Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) to measure changes associated with completion of the WPL-R. Two hundred and fifteen questionnaires were returned. Our findings indicated a change in PANAS scores, implying an intervening effect when using the WPL-R, in research. This raises the question of whether it is acceptable to use a questionnaire with postpartum women without any knowledge of the possible effect it may have, even though the ethics committee has approved the study and considers the measure to be non-invasive.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2022
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1342636