None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Motherhood can give rise to significant physical and psychological difficulties. It is worthwhile to explore interventions that may improve mothers’ psychological functioning and support the development of the mother-infant bond. This study will test a novel flexible perspective taking intervention, comprising of: (1) ACT metaphors for enhancing a transcendent sense of self and applying them to perinatal context, (2) a guided experiential exercise on flexible perspective taking for pregnant and new mothers. Previous research has supported the effectiveness of brief online interventions for mothers of infants in Australia. The current study takes a similar approach by assessing the efficacy of a flexible perspective taking intervention.
Interventions
Mothers in the intervention group will be given access to online resources specifically designed for use in this study: (i) a brief web-based informational video (approx. 7 mins) that begins with a psychoeducation component on flexible perspective taking (self-as-context, a component of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy [ACT]) and relevance to mothers of infants (from birth to 23 months), drawing on ACT methaphors for enhancing a transcndent sense of self; (ii) an audio-guided experiential exercise on flexible perspective taking tailored to pregnant and new mothers (approx. 9 mins), which women will be encouraged to listen to and use to guide their own meditation practice; and (iii) a simple tip sheet (designed specifically for this study) summarising key points that will be made available to participants to download and print. Resource use will be monitored using website analytics. Participants will have access to the resources for the full duration of the study and extending to 12 months from the time of enrolment.
Sponsors
Dr Koa Whittingham, The University of Queensland
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
No
Inclusion criteria
Participants will be women aged 18 years and over, who are currently mothers of a baby under 24 months and living in Australia or New Zealand.
Exclusion criteria
None
Outcome results
None listed