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Maternal Postnatal Attachment Scale

70 Shared Subjects

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Clinical Assessments
Questionnaire
01/20/2016
mpas01
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Definition
Submission Template
Query Element Name Data Type Size Required Description Value Range Notes Aliases
subjectkey GUID Required The NDAR Global Unique Identifier (GUID) for research subject NDAR* subject_key_mother
src_subject_id String 20 Required Subject ID how it's defined in lab/project id, patid, src_subject_id_mother
interview_date Date Required Date on which the interview/genetic test/sampling/imaging/biospecimen was completed. MM/DD/YYYY
interview_age Integer Required Age in months at the time of the interview/test/sampling/imaging. 0::1440 Age is rounded to chronological month. If the research participant is 15-days-old at time of interview, the appropriate value would be 0 months. If the participant is 16-days-old, the value would be 1 month. age_mother, mom_age
sex String 20 Required Sex of subject at birth M;F; O; NR M = Male; F = Female; O=Other; NR = Not reported gender, gender_m
version_form String 121 Recommended Form used/assessment name
Query relationship Integer Recommended Relationship of respondent to individual 1::94;-999 1 = Biological mom; 2 = Biological dad; 3 = Grandparent; 4 = Special education (sped) teacher; 5 = General education teacher; 6 = Occupational therapist; 7 = Speech and language therapist; 8 = Behavioral therapist; 9 = Paraprofessional; 10 = Aide; 11 = Principal; 12 = Administrator; 14 = Content teacher; 15 = Parent center director; 16 = Self; 17=Adoptive mother; 18=Adoptive father; 19=Foster mother; 20 = Foster father; 21=Grandmother; 22=Grandfather; 23=Step-mother; 24 = Step-father; 25=Aunt; 26=Uncle; 28=Both parents;31= Grandmother from mother side; 32= Grandfather from mother side; 33= Grandmother from father side; 34= Grandfather from father side; 36= Brother; 37= Sister; 38= Cousin; 39= female caregiver; 40=male caregiver; 41=Female child; 42=Male child; 43=Spouse/Mate; 44=Friend; 45=Parent; 46=Significant other; 47=Sibling; 48=Son/Daughter; 49=Son-in-law/Daughter-in law; 50=Other Relative; 51=Paid caregiver; 52=Friends; 53=Roommate; 54=Supervisor; 55=mother's boyfriend; 56=other parental figure; 57=Summary; 58=counselor ; 59 = other female relative; 60 = other male relative; 61 = non-relative ; 62=Maternal Aunt; 63=Maternal Uncle; 64=Maternal Cousin; 65 = Paternal Aunt; 66=Paternal Uncle; 67=Paternal Cousin ; 68=Biological/Adoptive Mother and Grandmother; 69=Biological/Adoptive Mother and Stepmother and Grandmother; 70=Biological/Adoptive Mother and Grandmother and Foster Father; 71=Biological/Adoptive Mother and Stepmother and Foster Mother; 72=Biological/Adoptive Mother and Foster Mother; 73=Biological/Adoptive Mother and Biological/Adoptive Father; 74=Biological/Adoptive Mother and Stepmother and Biological/Adoptive Father; 75=Biological/Adoptive Mother and Other; 76=Biological/Adoptive Mother and Stepmother and Stepfather; 77=Biological/Adoptive Mother and Stepfather; 78=Biological/Adoptive Mother and Grandfather; 79=Biological/Adoptive Mother and Stepmother and Foster Father; 80=Biological/Adoptive Mother and Stepmother; 81=Guardian, female; 82=Other female; 83=Guardian, male; 84=Other male; 85=Other/Grandparent/Nanny; 86 = Mother, Father, Guardian; 87 = Daughter, son, grandchild; 88 = Professional (e.g., social worker, nurse, therapist, psychiatrist, or group home staff); -999=Missing; 89 = Biological parent; 90=Other; 91 = Stepparent; 92 = Adoptive parent; 93 = Foster parent; 94 = Co-worker
Query matpat_1 Integer Recommended When I am caring for my child, I get feelings of annoyance or irritation. 1 :: 5; -99; 77; 88 1=Very frequently; 2=Frequently; 3=Occasionally; 4=Very rarely; 5=Never; -99=NA; 77=Refused; 88=Missing
Query matpat_2 Integer Recommended When I am caring for my child I get feelings that the child is deliberately being difficult or trying to upset me. 1 :: 5; -99; 77; 88 1=Very frequently; 2=Frequently; 3=Occasionally; 4=Very rarely; 5=Never; -99=NA; 77=Refused; 88=Missing
Query matpat_3 Integer Recommended Over the last two weeks I would describe my feelings for my child as: 1 :: 5; -99; 77; 88 1=Dislike; 2=No strong feelings; 3=Slight affection; 4=Moderate affection; 5=Intense affection; -99=NA; 77=Refused; 88=Missing
Query matpat_4 Integer Recommended Regarding my overall level of interaction with my child, I: 1 :: 4; -99; 77; 88 1= Very guilty; 2=Moderately guilty; 3=Slightly guilty; 4=Not guilty; -99=NA; 77=Refused; 88=Missing
Query matpat_5 Integer Recommended When I interact with my child I feel: 1 :: 4; -99; 77; 88 1=Very incompetent; 2=Moderately incompetent; 3= Moderately competent; 4=Very competent; -99=NA; 77=Refused; 88=Missing
Query matpat_6 Integer Recommended When I am with my child I feel tense and anxious: 1 :: 4; -99; 77; 88 1=Very frequently; 2=Frequently; 3=Occasionally; 4=Almost never; -99=NA; 77=Refused; 88=Missing
Query matpat_7 Integer Recommended When I am with my child and other people are present I feel proud of him/her: 1 :: 5; -99; 77; 88 4=Very frequently; 3=Frequently; 2=Occasionally; 1=Very rarely; 5=Never; -99=NA; 77=Refused; 88=Missing
Query matpat_8 Integer Recommended I try to spend as much time as I possibly can PLAYING with my child: 1 :: 2; -99; 77; 88 2=True; 1=Untrue; -99=NA; 77=Refused; 88=Missing
Query matpat_9 Integer Recommended When I have to leave my child: 1 :: 5; -99; 77; 88 5=Usually feel sad; 4=Rather sad; 3=Mixed feelings; 2=Rather relieved; 1=Usually feel relieved; -99=NA; 77=Refused; 88=Missing
Query matpat_10 Integer Recommended When I am with my child: 1 :: 4; -99; 77; 88 4= Always; 3=Frequently; 2=Occasionally; 1=Rarely; -99=NA; 77=Refused; 88=Missing
Query matpat_11 Integer Recommended When I am not with my child, I find myself thinking about him/her: 1 :: 5; -99; 77; 88 5=Almost all the time; 4=Very frequently; 3=Frequently; 2=Occasionally; 1=Not at all; -99=NA; 77=Refused; 88=Missing
Query matpat_12 Integer Recommended When I am with my child: 1 :: 2; -99; 77; 88 2= I try to prolong my time; 1=I try to shorten my time; -99=NA; 77=Refused; 88=Missing
Query matpat_13 Integer Recommended When I have to be away from my child for a while and I am about to be with him/her again, I usually feel: 1 :: 5; -99; 77; 88 5=Intense pleasure; 4=Moderate pleasure; 3=Mild pleasure; 2=No feelings at all; 1=Negative feelings; -99=NA; 77=Refused; 88=Missing
Query matpat_14 Integer Recommended I now think of my child: 1 :: 3; -99; 77; 88 3=Very much; 2=A bit; 1=Not really; -99=NA; 77=Refused; 88=Missing
Query matpat_15 Integer Recommended Regarding the things that we have had to give up because of my child: 1 :: 4; -99; 77; 88 1=I resent it quite a lot; 2=I resent it a moderate amount; 3=I resent it a bit; 4=I don't resent it at all; -99=NA; 77=Refused; 88=Missing
Query matpat_16 Integer Recommended Over the past six months, I have felt that I do not have enough time for myself or to pursue my own interests: 1 :: 5; -99; 77; 88 1=Almost all the time; 2=Very frequently; 3=Frequently; 4=Occasionally; 5=Not at all; -99=NA; 77=Refused; 88=Missing
Query matpat_17 Integer Recommended Taking care of my child is a very heavy burden of responsibility. I believe this is: 1 :: 4; -99; 77; 88 1=Very much so; 2=Somewhat so; 3=Slightly so; 4=Not at all so; -99=NA; 77=Refused; 88=Missing
Query matpat_18 Integer Recommended I trust my own judgment in deciding what my child needs: 1 :: 4; -99; 77; 88 1=Almost never; 2=Occasionally; 3=Most of the time; 4=Almost all of the time; -99=NA; 77=Refused; 88=Missing
Query matpat_19 Integer Recommended Usually when I am with my child: 1 :: 4; -99; 77; 88 1=Very impatient; 2= A bit impatient; 3=Moderately patient; 4=Extremely patient; -99=NA; 77=Refused; 88=Missing
Query matpat_attachment Integer Recommended Quality of attachment
Query matpat_abshostility Integer Recommended Absence of hostility
Query matpat_interaction Integer Recommended Pleasure of Interaction
Query matpat_total Integer Recommended Maternal Postnatal Attachment Scale Total score
mat_antenatal_8 Integer Recommended Over the past two weeks I have found myself talking to my baby when I am alone 0::5 0=Prefer not to respond; 1=Not at all; 2=Occasionally; 3=Frequently; 4=Very frequently; 5=Almost all the time I am alone
mat_antenatal_9 Integer Recommended Over the past two weeks when I think about (or talk to) my baby inside me, my thoughts: 0::5 0=Prefer not to respond; 1=Contain a lot of irritation; 2=Contain a fair bit of irritation; 3=Are a mixture of both tenderness and irritation; 4=Are mostly tender and loving; 5=Are always tender and loving
mat_antenatal_10 Integer Recommended The picture in my mind of what the baby at this stage actually looks like inside the womb is: 0::5 0=Prefer not to respond; 1=I have no idea at all; 2=Very vague; 3=Fairly vague; 4=Fairly clear; 5=Very clear
mat_antenatal_11 Integer Recommended Over the past two weeks when I think about the baby inside me I get feelings which are: 0::5 0=Prefer not to respond; 1=Very sad; 2=Moderately sad; 3= A mixture of happiness and sadness; 4=Moderately happy; 5=Very happy
mat_antenatal_12 Integer Recommended Some pregnant women sometimes get so irritated by the baby inside them that they feel like they want to hurt it or punish it: 0::5 0=Prefer not to respond; 1=I have often felt like this myself; 2=I have occasionally felt like this myself; 3=I have felt like this once or twice myself; 4=I could imagine I might sometimes feel like this but I never actually have; 5=I couldn't imagine I would never feel like this
mat_antenatal_13 Integer Recommended Over the past two weeks I have felt: 0::5 0=Prefer not to respond; 1=Very emotionally distant from my baby; 2=Moderately emotionally distant from my baby; 3=Not particularly emotionally close to my baby; 4=Moderately close emotionally to my baby; 5=Very close emotionally to my baby
mat_antenatal_14 Integer Recommended Over the past two weeks I have taken care with what I eat to make sure the baby gets a good diet: 0::5 0=Prefer not to respond; 1=Not at all; 2=Once or twice when I ate; 3=Occasionally when I ate; 4=Quite often when I ate; 5=Every time I ate
mat_antenatal_15 Integer Recommended When I first see my baby after the birth I expect I will feel: 0::5 0=Prefer not to respond; 1=Mostly dislike; 2=Dislike about quite a few aspects of the baby; 3=Dislike about one or two aspects of the baby; 4=Mostly affection; 5=Intense affection
mat_antenatal_16 Integer Recommended When my baby is born I would like to hold the baby: 0::5 0=Prefer not to respond; 1=The next day; 2=After a few hours for things to settle down; 3=After it has been washed; 4=After it has been wrapped in a blanket; 5=Immediately
mat_antenatal_17 Integer Recommended Over the past two weeks I have had dreams about the pregnancy or baby: 0::5 0=Prefer not to respond; 1=Not at all; 2=Occasionally; 3=Frequently; 4=Very frequently; 5=Almost every night
mat_antenatal_18 Integer Recommended Over the past two weeks I have found myself feeling, or rubbing with my hand, the outside of my stomach where the baby is: 0::5 0=Prefer not to respond; 1=Not at all; 2=Once only; 3=Occasionally; 4=At least once per day; 5=A lot of times each day
mat_antenatal_19 Integer Recommended If the pregnancy was lost at this time (due to miscarriage or other accidental event) without any pain or injury to myself, I expect I would feel: 0::5 0=Prefer not to respond; 1=Very pleased; 2=Moderately pleased; 3=Neutral(ie neither sad nor pleased; or mixed feelings); 4=Moderately sad; 5=Very sad
mat_antenatal_qual_score Integer Recommended Quality of attachment: Calculation: sum([mat_antenatal_3], [mat_antenatal_6],[mat_antenatal_9], [mat_antenatal_10],[mat_antenatal_11], [mat_antenatal_12],[mat_antenatal_13], [mat_antenatal_15],[mat_antenatal_16], [mat_antenatal_19])
mat_antenatal_time_score Integer Recommended Time spent in attachment mode (or intensity of preoccupation) Calculation: sum([mat_antenatal_1], [mat_antenatal_2],[mat_antenatal_4], [mat_antenatal_5],[mat_antenatal_8], [mat_antenatal_14],[mat_antenatal_17], [mat_antenatal_18])
mat_antenatal_1 Integer Recommended Over the past two weeks I have thought about, or been preoccupied with the baby inside me: 0::5 0=Prefer not to respond; 1=Not at all; 2=Occasionally; 3=Frequently; 4=Very frequently; 5=Almost all the time
mat_antenatal_2 Integer Recommended Over the past two weeks when I have spoken about, or thought about the baby inside me I got emotional feelings which were: 0::5 0=Prefer not to respond; 1=Very weak or non-existent; 2=Fairly weak; 3=In between strong and weak; 4=Fairly strong; 5=Very Strong
mat_antenatal_3 Integer Recommended Over the past two weeks my feelings about the baby inside me have been: 0::5 0=Prefer not to respond; 1=Very negative; 2=Mainly negative; 3=Mixed positive and negative; 4=Mainly positive; 5=Very positive
mat_antenatal_4 Integer Recommended Over the past two weeks I have had the desire to read about or get information about the developing baby. This desire is: 0::5 0=Prefer not to respond; 1=Very weak or non-existent; 2=Fairly weak; 3=In between strong and weak; 4=Fairly strong; 5=Very Strong
mat_antenatal_5 Integer Recommended Over the past two weeks I have been trying to picture in my mind what the developing baby actually looks like in my womb: 0::5 0=Prefer not to respond; 1=Not at all; 2=Occasionally; 3=Frequently; 4=Very frequently; 5=Almost all the time
mat_antenatal_6 Integer Recommended Over the past two weeks I think of the developing baby mostly as: 0::5 0=Prefer not to respond; 1=A thing not yet really alive; 2=A living thing; 3=A human being; 4=A baby like any other baby; 5=A real person with special characteristics
mat_antenatal_7 Integer Recommended Over the past two weeks I have felt that the baby inside me is dependent on me for its well-being: 0::5 0=Prefer not to respond; 1=Not at all; 2=Slightly; 3=Moderately; 4= A great deal; 5= Totally
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