The Empowerment Scale for Pregnant Women is a measure used to evaluate childbirth education and efforts to increase pregnant women's empowerment in Japan.
Developed by:
Yukie Kameda, Keiko Shimada
Measure domains:
Self-efficacy
Future image
Self-esteem
Support and assurance from others
Joy of an addition to the family
Future image
Self-esteem
Support and assurance from others
Joy of an addition to the family
Items and subscales:
27 items
5 subscales
5 subscales
Outcomes predicted:
N/A
Cronbach's alpha:
Entire scale: 0.89
subscales range from 0.80 to 0.67
subscales range from 0.80 to 0.67
Study population(s):
Pregnant women in Japan ages 17-40
Additional information:
Validity assessed using correlations with Locus of Control Scale
Measure validated?:
Y
Link(s) to Validation Study and/or Measure:
Citation of original article
Get citationKameda, Y., & Shimada, K. (2008). Development of an empowerment scale for pregnant women. Journal of the Tsuruma Health Science Society, 32(1), 39–48, Kanazawa Univeristy, http://dspace.lib.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/dspace/