Validation of the Breastfeeding Experience Scale in a Sample of Iranian Mothers

Table 4

Descriptive statistics and Cronbach’s alpha for the BES subscales as extracted by the EFA.

Subscales	Mean (SD)	Minimum	Maximum	Cronbach’s alpha
				All	Primiparas	Multiparas
Mother	8.52 (3.26)	5	21	0.76	0.80	0.71
Insufficient milk	5.53 (2.52)	3	14	0.74	0.78	0.68
Baby	5.85 (2.42)	4	19	0.72	0.75	0.60
Breast	6.21 (2.65)	4	20	0.65	0.68	0.60
Process	5.29 (1.73)	2	10	0.38	0.38	0.38
Total scale	31.40 (8.51)	18	74	0.83	0.86	0.71

The order of the subscales is based on the order of the factors extracted by the EFA.