THE MATERNITY BLUES QUESTIONNAIRE - FRENC H QUESTIONNAIRE OF KENNERLEY,H. AND GATH,D. MATERNITY BLUES

The << maternity blues questionnaire >>, of Kennerley and Gath, has be en translated following the usual procedures : first, preparation of a preliminary translation in French, then, evaluation of the translatio n by experts of the subject matter and language. The French questionna ire has been tested, with French women from different socioeconomic Le vels, and with bilingual women. A back-translation has confirmed the t ranslation. This 28 items questionnaire is presented in two steps to w omen : for each item first, they have to decide whether the item appli es to them to-day by answering yes or no; then, to decide how much cha nge there is from their usual self, by ticking one choice out of five, from << much less than usal >> to << much more than usal >>. The inst ructions for questionnaire administration and scoring are described in the paper. We also describe the limits and difficulties of use and we discuss the possible applications of this questionnaire.