RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT05830266

Mother-infant Bonding in the Brain: a Mindfulness-based Intervention

Mother-infant Bonding in the Brain: Promoting Maternal Mental Health and High-quality Mother-infant Interactions Via a Mindfulness-based Intervention


Sponsor

Tilburg University

Enrollment

64 participants

Start Date

Jul 1, 2023

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Summary

The study investigates the effectiveness of the mindfulness-based intervention "Mindful with your Baby" in women with babies between 5-9 months postpartum who experience heightened levels of postpartum depression, anxiety and/or parental stress. The intervention "Mindful with your Baby" is one of the very few interventions for maternal postnatal mental health issues that takes the bond between mother and infant into account. It is hypothesized that the "Mindful with your Baby" intervention will reduce levels of postpartum depression, anxiety and parental stress, and improve mother-infant behavioral interaction and increase neural synchrony between mother and infant brains.


Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin Age: 18 Years

Plain Language Summary

Simplified for easier understanding

This study is testing whether a mindfulness-based program during pregnancy and after birth can strengthen the emotional bond between mothers and their babies, and reduce symptoms of postpartum anxiety, depression, or parenting stress. **You may be eligible if...** - You are a pregnant woman aged 18 or older - You had your first antenatal visit before 12 weeks of pregnancy - At 8–10 weeks after birth, you score above the cut-off on at least one of the following: the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, a standard anxiety measure, or a parenting stress questionnaire - You can understand Dutch **You may NOT be eligible if...** - You are carrying twins or a higher-order multiple pregnancy - You had a known endocrine disorder before pregnancy (such as type 1 diabetes or rheumatoid arthritis) - You have a severe psychiatric diagnosis such as schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, or bipolar disorder - You have HIV - You have a drug or alcohol addiction - You do not have access to the internet Talk to your doctor to see if this trial is right for you.

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Interventions

BEHAVIORAL"Mindful with your Baby" group-based therapist-guided intervention

This 8-sessions long intervention is one of very few interventions that actively includes the baby in the therapy sessions. The intervention includes the following sessions: "Becoming aware of the autopilot", "Practice to really look at your baby", "Getting back in touch with yourself", "Responding sensitively to your baby", "Taking care of yourself in the difficult moments", "Distance and proximity: it's both part of it", "Dealing with expectations of yourself and the environment" and "Mindful parenting: trial and error". The intervention is a group-based therapist-guided intervention via a video-conferencing tool (e.g., Zoom).

BEHAVIORAL"Mindful with your baby" self-guided online intervention

This 8-sessions long intervention includes the following sessions: "Autopilot", "Fresh view", "At home in your body", "Responsive versus reactive parenting", "Kindness to yourself", "Distance and proximity", "Boundaries and taking care of yourself" and "Mindful parenting - day by day". The intervention is an individual self-guided online intervention.


Locations(1)

Tilburg University

Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands

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