Investigating the effect of counseling with a motivational interview approach on the willingness to have children of single women.
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: Counseling with a motivational interview approach and an educational booklet about the benefits of parenting, 5 group sessions (groups of 15 people) and once a week
It was wrong and problematic thinking habits in the field of raising children and teaching goal-setting skills. Also, an educational booklet with chapters such as the challenges of having a single chi
Sponsors
Yazd University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Married women with a healthy child over 2 years old Use of contraceptive methods Having informed consent to participate in the study Being Iranian
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Unwillingness to participate in research Positive pregnancy test before intervention Participating in parenting counseling sessions Having or history of infertility The existence of any absolute prohibition of pregnancy Suffering from mental illnesses (such as schizophrenia, severe depression, psychosis, etc.) under medical treatment based on medical record information or statements Using any tobacco and drugs and drinking alcohol Occurrence of stressful events in the last 6 months (emigration, divorce, death of relatives,...)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The fertility tendency score in the fertility tendency scale questionnaire, which has a minimum score of 19 and a maximum score of 95. Timepoint: Before the intervention, immediately after the intervention and 2 months after the intervention. Method of measurement: The questionnaire of desire to be fertile contains 19 items and has 4 sub-scales of positive motives for having children, priorities, concerns about having children and social beliefs. Based on a 5-point Likert scale from 1 (completely disagree) to 5 (I completely agree) the ranking and the minimum and maximum score are 19 and 95 respectively). | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactBahare Amiri
Yazd University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed