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August 12, 2026BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthOpen Access

From fear to bonding: a randomized controlled trial of CBT-based group counseling on the experience of becoming a mother in marginalized adolescent mothers

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SSSevda Dehghan SaeiFMFatemeh Moghaddam-TabriziMHMahmonir Haghighi

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Overview

Randomized trial examines CBT counseling impact on maternal experience in marginalized adolescents, suggesting positive emotional effects.

Key Points

  • Evaluate the impact of cognitive-behavioral group counseling on maternal experience among marginalized adolescent mothers.
  • Randomized controlled trial conducted in Urmia, Iran between September and December 2024.
  • Eighty-eight adolescent mothers recruited and randomly assigned to intervention or control groups.
  • Data collected using demographic questionnaires and the Being a Mother Scale, analyzed with statistical methods.
  • Intervention group BaM-13 scores decreased significantly from 36.54 ± 2.20 at baseline to 15.30 ± 2.50 at three months post-intervention (p < 0.001).
  • Control group's scores remained stable during the study period.
  • Significant time effect and time-by-group interaction confirmed improvements were exclusive to the intervention group (p < 0.001).

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Saei et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7c203e06a85aed514b72b4https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-026-09776-w
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