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Conditions
Brief summary
The study examines whether thinking styles in the perinatal period are associated with unwanted thought birthing people commonly experience in this time. The second aim of the study is to examine whether a very brief (15-30 minutes) online training can change these thinking styles.
Interventions
The intervention, specifically designed for this study, is a psychoeducation-based training module (single session online intervention) that introduces individuals to what constitutes repetitive negative thinking, how to identify it and how to engage in alternative activities. The content is delivered through a mix of very short videos >2min, text-based information and practice questions. Engagement with content will be evaluated through the click on the website and time spent on the website be
The intervention, specifically designed for this study, is a psychoeducation-based training module (single session online intervention) that introduces individuals to what constitutes repetitive negative thinking, how to identify it and how to engage in alternative activities. The content is delivered through a mix of very short videos >2min, text-based information and practice questions. Engagement with content will be evaluated through the click on the website and time spent on the website before returning to the baseline (post-training) assessment. The module is delivered through a password protected website. The duration for completing the module is between 20-30minutes.
Sponsors
University of New South Wales
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
1. Be 18 years of age or above 2. Have given birth to a live baby 1–9 months ago and/or being currently pregnant (13–36 weeks of gestation) 3. Be able to understand and read English with native fluency 4. Live in Australia, the UK, US, Ireland, South Africa, Canada 5. Be willing to complete a brief video recording with their baby present to assess eligibility recording showing evidence of their pregnancy to assess eligibility – accepted evidence of pregnancy includes dated blood work which indicates pregnancy, dated ultrasound scans, any antenatal care records, or a signed and dated letter from a health care professional (e.g., obstetrician, midwife) confirming the pregnancy.
Exclusion criteria
Participants will be excluded in the study if they: 1. Are not available to complete the follow-up assessments Participants will be excluded from analyses if: 2. They do not complete the study faithfully, which is defined as: failing more than 2 out of 5 attention check questions and/or providing semantically meaningless answers in the experimental task and/or completing the experimental task in a timeframe that is below the duration for each video to play.
Outcome results
None listed