Psychometric evaluation of the Mother‐to‐Infant Bonding Scale in a Flemish context in early post‐partum mothers

Key Points

• This research aims to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Mother‐to‐Infant Bonding Scale (MIBS) in Flemish mothers after childbirth.
• Conducted a psychometric evaluation of the MIBS.
• Assessed content validity focusing on specific terms.
• Evaluated reliability and convergent validity with the Parenting Bonding Questionnaire (PBQ).
• MIBS showed acceptable content validity, with exceptions noted for certain terms.
• Reliability of the scale was moderate overall.
• Convergent validity with PBQ was limited, indicating discrepancies in bonding classifications.