The method "Test of maternal relationships at the stage of existence of the mother-child dyad": testing and validation on a clinical sample
https://doi.org/10.24884/2219-8245-2026-18-1-56-68
Abstract
This article presents a study reflecting the results of the testing and validation of the "Test of Maternal Relationships at the Stage of Mother-Child System Formation" method. The results of the testing and validation of the TOM method were obtained using a clinical sample (N=205). The clinical group of respondents consisted of women with and without a history of perinatal loss, whose pregnancies resulted in the birth of a child with a medical condition.
Results of the study: The modification of the methodology consisted in a substantive change in the questions aimed at identifying the characteristics of women's attitudes in the categories of "attitude to motherhood", "attitude to the mother-child system", "attitude to the attitude of others". The term "hypoinfantognosic type of attitude" was introduced. The results of validation are described: the Cronbach's alpha indicator for the scales characteristic of the euphoric (a = 0.608), optimal (a = 0.72), anxious (a = 0.65), hypoinfantognosic (a = 0.82), depressive (a = 0.75) types of maternal attitude, indicates sufficient internal consistency of the TOM technique. The diagnostic sensitivity of the method's scale indicators was confirmed (Student's t-test and Pearson correlation analysis). Five main clusters were identified, characterized by a balance of the existing scales, and two clusters including scales specific to different types of relationships (variable clustering using the long-range coupling method). Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 22.0 and Jamovi 2.4.1.
The "Mother Relationship Test during the Mother-Child Dyad Existence" (the "Pregnant Woman Relationship Test" in its modification) can be used by clinical (perinatal) psychologists for diagnostic purposes, both in the case of the birth of a healthy newborn and in the case of a child with a medical condition.
About the Author
I. A. Zolotova
Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Yaroslavl State Medical University” (FGBOU VO YSMU)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Psychology and Pedagogy
Yaroslavl
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Zolotova I.A. The method "Test of maternal relationships at the stage of existence of the mother-child dyad": testing and validation on a clinical sample. Medical Psychology in Russia. 2026;18(1):56-68. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24884/2219-8245-2026-18-1-56-68
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