A Postpartum Adaptation Study of the Connecting and Reflecting Experience Parenting Program
NCT ID: NCT06042166
Last Updated: 2025-11-25
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
17 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2024-08-16
2025-11-11
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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NA
SINGLE_GROUP
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Connecting and Reflecting Experience (CARE) Program
Participants will enroll in a 12-session CARE parenting group therapy.
Connecting and Reflecting Experience (CARE) Program
The intervention consists of a 12-session mentalizing-focused parenting group, which will involve weekly one-hour telehealth therapy sessions with up to 7 postpartum parents per group and 1 to 2 facilitators. CARE is a therapy focused on parents' reflective capacity, or the ability to consider how our own and our children's thoughts, feelings, intentions, and other mental states shape behavior and parent-child relationships.
Interventions
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Connecting and Reflecting Experience (CARE) Program
The intervention consists of a 12-session mentalizing-focused parenting group, which will involve weekly one-hour telehealth therapy sessions with up to 7 postpartum parents per group and 1 to 2 facilitators. CARE is a therapy focused on parents' reflective capacity, or the ability to consider how our own and our children's thoughts, feelings, intentions, and other mental states shape behavior and parent-child relationships.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Receiving postpartum OB/GYN or mental health services at Montefiore Medical Center
* Experienced or currently experiencing moderate to high levels of depression and/or anxiety symptoms in the postpartum period
* English-speaking
Exclusion Criteria
* Participation in another parenting-focused group during the current postpartum period
* Current episode of psychosis or mania or active suicidal ideation
* Serious psychiatric, neurocognitive, or substance use related difficulties necessitating a higher level of care than outpatient support (e.g., current inpatient treatment) or that, in the judgment of the PI, would impede group participation (e.g., severe cognitive impairment)
18 Years
70 Years
FEMALE
No
Sponsors
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American Psychological Foundation
OTHER
Montefiore Medical Center
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Amanda Zayde, Psy.D.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Locations
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Montefiore Medical Center
The Bronx, New York, United States
Countries
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References
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Zayde A, Kilbride A, Kucer A, Willis HA, Nikitiades A, Alpert J, Gabbay V. Connection During COVID-19: Pilot Study of a Telehealth Group Parenting Intervention. Am J Psychother. 2022 Jun 15;75(2):67-74. doi: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20210005. Epub 2021 Sep 16.
Zayde A, Derella OJ, Kilbride A. Safe haven in adolescence: Improving parental reflective functioning and youth attachment and mental health with the Connecting and Reflecting Experience. Infant Ment Health J. 2023 Mar;44(2):268-283. doi: 10.1002/imhj.22042. Epub 2023 Mar 2.
Zayde A, Prout TA, Kilbride A, Kufferath-Lin T. The Connecting and Reflecting Experience (CARE): theoretical foundation and development of mentalizing-focused parenting groups. Attach Hum Dev. 2021 Jun;23(3):293-309. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2020.1729213. Epub 2020 Feb 19.
Putnam SP, Helbig AL, Gartstein MA, Rothbart MK, Leerkes E. Development and assessment of short and very short forms of the infant behavior questionnaire-revised. J Pers Assess. 2014;96(4):445-58. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2013.841171. Epub 2013 Nov 9.
Luyten P, Mayes LC, Nijssens L, Fonagy P. The parental reflective functioning questionnaire: Development and preliminary validation. PLoS One. 2017 May 4;12(5):e0176218. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176218. eCollection 2017.
Goodman JH, Santangelo G. Group treatment for postpartum depression: a systematic review. Arch Womens Ment Health. 2011 Aug;14(4):277-93. doi: 10.1007/s00737-011-0225-3. Epub 2011 Jul 1.
Brockington IF, Oates J, George S, Turner D, Vostanis P, Sullivan M, Loh C, Murdoch C. A screening questionnaire for mother-infant bonding disorders. Archives of Women's Mental Health. 2001; 3: 133-140.
Beck, AT, Steer, RA. Beck Anxiety Inventory Manual. San Antonio, TX: Psychological Corporation. 1993.
Abidin, R. R. (2012). Parenting Stress Index (4th ed.). Lutz, FL: PAR.
Cox JL, Holden JM, Sagovsky R. Detection of postnatal depression. Development of the 10-item Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Br J Psychiatry. 1987 Jun;150:782-6. doi: 10.1192/bjp.150.6.782.
Joyce AS, MacNair-Semands R, Tasca GA, Ogrodniczuk JS. Factor structure and validity of the Therapeutic Factors Inventory-Short Form. Group Dynamics. 2011; 15(3): 201-219.
Other Identifiers
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2023-15124
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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