A Short Measure of Childbearing Motivations: Development and Psychometric Evaluation in Polish Samples of Adults and Adolescents

Abstract Childbearing motivations are trait-like dispositions to feel, think, and act in a certain way response various aspects of parenthood. They shape human desire have child underpin the decision about becoming parent. A self-report tool measure positive negative childbearing with their specific dimensions—the Questionnaire (CBQ)—was developed US has gained popularity over past few decades as an increasing number individuals choose not children. In current article we present two studies, which psychometrically validated short version CBQ (The Questionnaire-Short Form; CBQ-SF). Study 1, CBQ-SF verified its psychometric properties using sample 939 childless adults (25–44 years old). 2, cross-validated on 1803 adolescents aged from 18 20. Overall, our findings demonstrated that is sound instrument for comprehensively assessing across different developmental periods (from late adolescence middle adulthood). Most notably, preserves multidimensionality allows individuals’ motivational profiles parenthood be identified. Future research directions practical implications discussed.