Maternal Reflective Functioning During the Transition to Motherhood

University of Haifa

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Primiparous Women; Pregnancy

Treatments: Other: Maternal Reflective Function Workshop

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06476626

086/24

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about Maternal Reflective Function (MRF) during the transition to motherhood. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does MRF mediates the connection between risk factors for mental health difficulties during first pregnancy and motherhood (the transition to motherhood) and outcomes related to the mother, the infant, and their relationship.

Participants will:

Answer questionnaires and clinical interviews during pregnancy and after birth of the first child (twice at third trimester, 1 and 3 months after birth).

intervention group will participate in an online short intervention to enhance MRF.

Full description

Using this trial, the investigators will be able to better understand rather MRF moderate the connection between risk factors to outcomes after birth related to both the mother and the infant. Using RCT design we will be able to understand mechanism of change.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• pregnant women in 27-30 weeks pregnant in enrollment
• speak read and understand Hebrew
• Has a connection to internet and ZOOM platform.
• Ready to participate in a group workshop

Exclusion criteria

• Women who can't participate in a online workshop due to physical or mental health difficulties.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

Maternal Reflective Functioning intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Will participate in a 4 session online psycho-educational workshop during pregnancy and after birth, focused on MRF.

Treatment:

Other: Maternal Reflective Function Workshop

Wiat-list control group

No Intervention group

Description:

group will undergo same measurements points with no intervention