This domain includes measures related to reproductive health, pregnancy, childbirth, perinatal emotional states, reproductive motives, fertility attitudes, readiness for parenthood, motherhood, and adoptive or foster parent assessment.
These measures assess anxiety, depressive symptoms, emotional distress, and psychological vulnerability during pregnancy and after childbirth.
The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) assesses depressive symptoms during the perinatal period, with emphasis on mood, anxiety, guilt, sleep disturbance, and self-harm thoughts after childbirth.
The Postpartum Depression Screening Scale (PDSS) assesses symptoms of postpartum depression, including emotional distress, anxiety, cognitive difficulties, guilt, sleep and eating disturbances, and thoughts of self-harm.
The Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale (PASS) evaluates anxiety symptoms in the perinatal period.
These measures assess psychological attitudes, motives, expectations, attachment, and role changes related to an ongoing pregnancy. They focus on how a woman experiences pregnancy, relates to the unborn child, prepares for childbirth, and adapts to the maternal role.
The Maternal Antenatal Attachment Scale (MAAS) assesses emotional attachment to the fetus during pregnancy.
These measures assess maternal satisfaction, representations of the child, and early patterns of the mother-child relationship after birth.
The Maternal Ambivalence Scale (MAS) assesses ambivalent feelings in motherhood, including mixed positive and negative emotions, conflict, uncertainty, resentment, guilt, and tension in the maternal role or mother-child relationship.
The Mothers' Object Relations Scale (MORS-SF) assesses internal representations of significant others, focusing on warmth and invasiveness.
These measures assess attitudes, motives, expectations, and readiness related to possible future pregnancy, childbearing, and parenthood.
These measures assess psychological distress, adjustment, resources, and coping strategies related to infertility and reproductive uncertainty.
The SCREENIVF instrument identifies psychological risk factors in individuals undergoing fertility treatment.
These measures assess family resources, parental motivation, expectations, attitudes, and readiness for adoptive or foster parenting.