Öznur TİRYAKİ, Hamide ZENGİN, Hacer Efnan Melek ARSOY, Nazlı ÜNLÜ BIDIK
Sakarya Tıp Dergisi - 2026;16(1):27-41
Objective: Becoming a mother involves a complex process of adjustment in biological, psychological, and social terms. This period is a special phase in which strong emotional bonds are formed and identity transformation takes place. The adjustment of primiparous becoming mother is particularly important in terms of mother-baby bonding and family relationships. The aim of this study was to establish the Turkish validity and reliability of the "Transition of Primiparous Becoming Mothers Scale" in first-time mothers. Methods: This methodological study was conducted with 218 women with first-time mothers experience who brought their 1-6-month-old infants to the pediatric outpatient clinic for routine check-ups between January 1 and December 31, 2024. In the adaptation stages of the scale, language validity, content validity, construct validity, discriminant validity and Cronbach's Alpha coefficient were used to determine the internal consistency of the scale. The significance level (p) was accepted as 0.05 in all statistical analyses. Results: The content validity index ranged between 0.87 and 1.00 for each item and was found to be 0.99 for the whole scale. The number of items of the scale, which initially had 30 items, was finalized as 29 according to the factor loadings. The Cronbach Alpha value calculated for the reliability of the scale was 0.870. Goodness of fit indices were also acceptable. Conclusions: The scale designed to assess the motherhood transition process of first-time mothers has been found to be a valid and reliable measurement tool for Turkish-speaking women. This scale can provide healthcare professionals with an important resource for evaluating primiparous women's adaptation to motherhood and for planning appropriate interventions to support a healthy transition process.
