Table 3.

Facture structure of the PSAS-RSF

Scale item	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3	Factor 4
Factor 1: Psychosocial adjustment to motherhood
1. I have felt that I have had less control over my day than before my baby was born	0.697
2. I have felt unable to juggle motherhood with other responsibilities	0.490
3. I have worried that I am not going to get enough sleep	0.618
4. I have worried more about my finances than before my baby was born	0.323
Factor 2: practical infant care anxieties
5. I have worried about my baby’s milk intake		0.643
6. I have worried about my baby’s weight		0.788
7. I have worried about the length of time by baby sleeps		0.603
8. I have worried about getting my baby into a routine		0.346
Factor 3: maternal competence and attachment anxieties
9. I have felt that my baby would be better cared for my someone else			0.311
10. I have worried I will not know what to do when my baby cries			0.727
11. I have worried that my baby is picking up on my anxieties			0.384
Factor 4: infant safety and welfare anxieties
12. I have repeatedly checked on my sleeping baby				0.579
13. I have worried that my baby will stop breathing while sleeping				0.536
14. I have felt frightened when my baby is not with me				0.551
15. I have worried about my baby being accidentally harmed by someone or something else				0.579
% Variance Explained	7.58	9.49	5.31	7.88
Total variance	30.25
Cronbach’s alpha for total scale	0.72
Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (95% CI)	0.93 (0.86 to 0.97)	0.97 (0.93 to 0.98)	0.91 (0.82 to 0.96)	0.95 (0.90 to 0.98)
Total scale	0.97 (0.93 to 0.98)
Mean (SD)	3.5 (2.5)	3.4 (2.7)	1.6 (1.5)	5.5 (3.1)
Total score	14.3 (8.0)