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Investigating the effect of self-care training and counseling on work-family conflict and guilt and parental competence

Investigating the effect of self-compassion training and counseling before the end of maternity leave on work-family conflict and guilt and parental competence in working mothers

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20190122042453N3
Enrollment
60
Registered
2025-07-04
Start date
2024-08-22
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-07-21

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Conditions

Condition 1: Work-family conflict. Condition 2: Work-family guilt. Condition 3: Parental competence.

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: First, a pre-test was taken before the intervention (completion of the parenting competence questionnaire), then self-compassion training sessions were held for eig

Sponsors

Boushehr University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Mothers working in government institutions in Bushehr having a fixed work shift being married and living with their spouse intending to use maternity leave for 6 to 9 full months having 6 weeks of maternity leave remaining at the start of the intervention having a newborn single child being the mother's first child

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Having a degree in psychology Having a spouse or other family member with a disability or specific illness A newborn child with a specific disability or disease Current neurological or psychiatric illness of the individual or their spouse Part-time or remote work after maternity leave and during the intervention Take a longer leave period that exceeds the 9 months of maternity leave. Individual's withdrawal from continuing employment during the intervention Recent participation in workshops or classes similar to the intervention

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Work-family conflict. Timepoint: Two weeks and one month after mothers return to work. Method of measurement: Carlson et al. Work-Family Conflict Questionnaire.;Work-family guilt. Timepoint: Two weeks and one month after mothers return to work. Method of measurement: Work-Family Guilt Questionnaire by Allison K. McElwain et al.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Parental competence. Timepoint: Before the intervention, two weeks and one month after mothers returned to work. Method of measurement: Johnson and Mash Parental Competence Questionnaire.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactRazieh Bagherzadeh

Boushehr University of Medical Sciences

r.bagherzadeh@bpums.ac.ir+98 77 3345 0187

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026