Development and Validation of the Pregnancy and Infant Orientation Questionnaire

Overview

Journal J Sex Res

Publisher Routledge

Specialties Reproductive Medicine
Science
Social Sciences

Date 2009 Dec 10

PMID 19998066

Authors

Heino F L Meyer-Bahlburg

Curtis Dolezal

Laurel L Johnson

Suzanne J Kessler

Justine M Schober

Kenneth J Zucker

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was the construction, scaling, and scale validation of a self-report questionnaire assessing biographical information and motivation for pregnancy and infant care in men and women with disorders of sex development or other gender variations of potential clinical relevance. The overall design of the questionnaire and the initial item pool were derived from related clinical and research experience. Collection of pilot data and, where appropriate, scale construction (via principal components analyses) were based on Canadian convenience samples of heterosexual (HET) and non-HET men and women (N = 414). A sample of gender-dysphoric (GDYS) men and women (n = 45) was added for validity analysis. Validation of the resulting scales was based on the demonstration of expected scale differences between HET men and women, as well as between HET, non-HET, and GDYS men and between HET, non-HET, and GDYS women, and was successful with one exception. This study concludes that this new questionnaire, in addition to its descriptive sections, provides several distinct scales related to desires for child bearing and child rearing and has good psychometric properties.

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