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
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
Get citationBorghei, 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