BIMF is Reliable and Valid in Population of African American Women

” The Cronbach’s alpha for the BIMF in this sample of Black women is 0.84, reflecting high reliability.”

“these significant correlations also provide further evidence of construct validity for the BIMF. Specifically, one would expect maternal functioning to increase in relation to a decrease in depressive symptomology and this occurred as expected. Likewise, the positive, significant correlation indicates that the BIMF and MAI scores are interacting in a manner consistent with expectation.”