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Conditions
Brief summary
This study aims to investigate the potential impact of a perfectionism self-help intervention on maternal mental health outcomes. In particular, the potential benefits of a brief self-help intervention for new mothers with high levels of perfectionism. The study is designed to investigate if mothers who make use of a perfectionism self-help booklet during their third trimester score differently than waitlist controls on measures of perfectionism, rumination and symptoms of anxiety and depression. It is hypothesized that perfectionism and rumination will be positively correlated with postnatal depression and anxiety, and that rumination will mediate the relationship between perfectionism and symptoms of postnatal depression and anxiety. It is also hypothesized that scores on measures of perfectionism, rumination, and symptoms of anxiety and postnatal depression will change significantly more from pre to post intervention for new mothers in the self-help group than for the waitlist control group, and this will be maintained at 3 month follow-up.
Interventions
Participants allocated to the intervention group will be asked to work through a self-help booklet called Changing Perfectionism (Egan, Shafran, & Wade, 2012) over a four week period. This booklet was developed using a cognitive behavior therapy framework and is designed to help participants understand what perfectionism is, how it is maintained and to teach strategies to overcome or manage their perfectionism.
Participants will be asked to complete this booklet during their third trimester and
Participants allocated to the intervention group will be asked to work through a self-help booklet called Changing Perfectionism (Egan, Shafran, & Wade, 2012) over a four week period. This booklet was developed using a cognitive behavior therapy framework and is designed to help participants understand what perfectionism is, how it is maintained and to teach strategies to overcome or manage their perfectionism. Participants will be asked to complete this booklet during their third trimester and will be provided to women after 28 weeks gestation. The booklet is estimated to take 4 hours to complete over the four week period. Women are expected to complete one hour per week and the researchers will telephone the participants weekly to monitor their progress.
Sponsors
Curtin University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
The inclusion criteria are (a) women, (b) who are at least 28 weeks pregnant, and (c) with high levels of perfectionism, as identified by a cutoff of 22 on the Concern over Mistakes subscale of the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (FMPS; Frost, Marten, Lahart, & Rosenblate, 1990).
Exclusion criteria
The exclusion criteria are (a) any current suicidal ideation or intent; (b) substance abuse or dependence; or (c) currently receiving psychological treatment.
Outcome results
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