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Self-Structured Pregnancy Empowerment Questionnaire

The Self-Structured Pregnancy Empowerment Questionnaire (SSPEQ) is a validated tool used to measure dimensions of pregnant women's empowerment in a specific cultural context.

Developed by:

Borghei N.S. Taghipous, A. Roudsari, R. L. and Keramat A.

Measure domains:

Educational empowerment Autonomy Sociopolitical empowerment

Items and subscales:

32 items

3 subscales

Cronbach's alpha:

0.92

Study population(s):

Nulliparous, pregnant women or mothers who had delivered in the last two months at health centers in north-west Iran

Additional information:

Validity assessed using correlations with Spritzer Psychological Empowerment Scale and Kameda Pregnancy Empowerment Scale.

Measure validated?:

Y

Link(s) to Validation Study and/or Measure:

Citation of original article

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Borghei, N. S., Taghipour, A., Roudsari, R. L., & Keramat, A. (2015). Development and validation of a new tool to measure Iranian pregnant women’s empowerment. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 21(12), 897–905. https://doi.org/10.26719/2015.21.12.897