NCT04829864

Supporting the Transition to and Engagement in Parenthood

Phase 2 of STEP (Supporting the Transition to and Engagement in Parenthood): A Prenatal Intervention for Women Who Experienced Childhood Trauma

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1 / Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 110 (actual)
• Sponsor: Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

STEP (Supporting the Transition to and Engagement in Parenthood) is a manualized group intervention for pregnant women exposed to early life adversity designed to foster emotion regulation and reflective capacities in participants.

Conditions

• Trauma, Psychological
• Prenatal Stress
• Mental Health Issue
• Maternal Distress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	STEP	The program is offered by two facilitators to groups of three to seven women, in-person or online. The program is divided in three phases entitles "Becoming a mother"; "A look at my own history" and "Looking ahead". The first phase aims to explore and normalize the emotions experienced by the participants in the course of their pregnancy and to support the use of healthy emotion regulation strategies. The second phase aims to support mentalization of trauma, by discussing the nature of trauma and its impact; by validating participants' feelings as understandable responses to trauma; by supporting a reflection on positive and harsh experiences with significant others and the ways both types of experiences influenced participants' mental states; and identifying how participants coped with trauma. In the last phase, discussions focus on participants' needs and strengths, on available resources to support resilience and envision positive and challenging moments with the child.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-06-15
• Primary completion: 2022-03-15
• Completion: 2023-05-15
• First posted: 2021-04-02
• Last updated: 2024-07-09

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Canada