The scale for body image concerns during pregnancy: Development and validation

PURPOSE: This study aimed to develop a scale that measures body image concerns during pregnancy. DESIGN AND METHODS: The study administered draft of the scale for validity and reliability analysis to 320 pregnant women who visited the maternity polyclinic of a public hospital in eastern Turkey between February and May 2016. FINDINGS: The Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient of the entire scale was 0.88. Factor analysis determined that the 23 items that explained 58.578% of total variance were in four of the factors. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: The scale for body image concerns during pregnancy was a valid and reliable scale.