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Study aim
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1. Determination of mean score of the childbirth fear in one- child women in intervention and control groups before intervention
2- Determination of mean score of the childbirth fear in one- child women in intervention and control groups after intervention
3- Comparison of mean score of the childbirth fear in one- child women in intervention and control groups before and after intervention
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Design
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In this study, 48 one-child women are selected and to each one is given a code. Then, they are divided to control or intervention groups by simple random method.
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Settings and conduct
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Kerman is divided into 2 areas and then 4 schools are chosen from these areas by cluster randomized. By attending in these schools, the invitations and demographic questionnaires (including inclusion criteria of the study) as well as the fear of childbirth questionnaire (Harman) will be available to the one-child students until they be completed by their mothers. After receiving the filled up questionnaires from the students, 48 mothers who do not want to be pregnant due to fear of giving birth (earning the minimum score of 28 from the fear of childbirth questionnaire) will be chosen and invited them to participate in the research.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: Age under 35 years old, Fertility capability, Having a husband, Wife's desire for pregnancy, Not having risk factors for pregnancy such as; heart, kidney, cancer diseases, mental health, substance abuse, ability to attend in group therapy sessions, not being pregnant , willingness to cooperate and fulfillment of the consent form.
Exclusion criteria: Absences of more than 3 sessions, incidence of major stresses and unexpected events in each stage of the plan, catching acute psychological illness during of the plan.
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Intervention groups
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For the intervention group, the mindfulness-based stress reduction approach, would be performed in group sessions in eight 90- min sessions, twice a week. While there is no intervention for the control group during this period.
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Main outcome variables
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Fear of the childbirth, fear of the giving birth a physical or mental disabled child, fear of the changing in marital relationships, fear of the changes in mood and its consequences on the child, self-centered fears or fear of changes in the mother's personal life.