Postpartum Excessive Social Support Scale: A Scale Development and Psychometric Testing Study.
Hülya Yurteri TürkmenNazan Tuna OranSerpil GürolKübra Aydın İncePublished in: Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society (2024)
The PESSS is a 20-item scale measuring excessive social support between 1 and 6 weeks postpartum. The PESSS serves as a guiding tool for health care professionals to identify excessive environmental pressure hindering mothers' maternal role and to provide care accordingly. In this context, health care professionals can readily utilize the PESSS in routine postpartum assessments for mothers.