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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 18.
Published in final edited form as: Nurs Res. 2013 Mar-Apr;62(2):82–90. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e31828324c2

Table 2. Measures, Reliability Indices, and Measurement Timepoints.

Construct or Variable Instrument α*
k
IRR
Timepoint
Screening for Depressive Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale
Symptom Severity (CES-D; Radloff, 1977) α = .90
Outcomes T1 T2 T3 T4
Depressive Symptom Severity Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (Hamilton, 1960) α = .75 X X X X
Major Depressive Episode Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID;
First, Spitzer, Gibbon, & Williams, 2001)
IRR>.85 X X
Maternal Positive Involvement,
Negative Control, Developmental
Maternal-Child Observation (MCO; Videotaped;
Holditch-Davis et al., 2007)
k = .66-.95 X X X
Stimulation HOME Inventory (Observer-rated; Caldwell & Bradley, 1980) IRR > .90 X X X
Perceived Stress Everyday Stressors Index (ESI; Hall & Farel, 1988) α = .83 X X X X
Satisfaction with Social Support Interpersonal Inventory (IPRI; Tilden, Nelson, & May, 1990) α = .90 X X X X
Mediators
Self-Efficacy General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE: Schwarzer & Born, 1997) α = .89 X X X X
Social Support Seeking Social Support Seeking Inventory (SSSI; Greenglass, Fiksenbaum, & Burke, 1996)
Moderators
Maternal Characteristics Family Information Interview (Beeber et al., 2007) α = .84 X X
Maternal Health-Related Function MOS Health Form (SF-12; Hurst, Ruta, & Kind, 1998) X X X X
Maternal Burden Factors X X
Family Information Interview (FII)
*

Notes. Reliability indices for this study; α = Cronbach’s alpha; IRR = interrater reliability; k = Kappa;

Timepoint: T1 = baseline, T2 = 14 weeks, T3 = 22 weeks, T4 = 26 weeks