Mind-Body Skills Groups for Incarcerated Men and Women
- Conditions
- Resilience
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Mind-Body Skills Groups
- Registration Number
- NCT05948917
- Lead Sponsor
- The Center for Mind-Body Medicine
- Brief Summary
The goal of this study is to learn about the effectiveness of a Mind-Body Skills Group program for incarcerated participants.The main questions is aims to answer are:
1. Do the mind-body skills groups increase resilience?
2. Do the mind-body skills groups decrease depression, anxiety and/or stress?
3. Do the mind-body skills groups increase participants' belief that they have improved coping skills?
4. Do the mind-body skills groups increase a sense of meaning in life?
5. Do the mind-body skills groups increase a sense of life purpose?
6. Do the mind-body skills groups increase self-esteem in women?
7. Do the mind-body skills groups decrease aggressive responses in men?
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 104
The inclusion criteria for this study will be English-speaking incarcerated individuals at the Indiana Women's Prison and and at the Plainfield Correctional Facility.
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Having any of the following before the study is completed:
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a sentence that will end,
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a scheduled change in security level to a minimum-security prison or,
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a scheduled work release;
Or 2. Having conduct problems and/or emotional or mental instability that prevents safe and effective participation in the mind-body medicine training program
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Behavioral: Mind-body Skills Groups Mind-Body Skills Groups 10 mind-body skills groups held once a week.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change from Baseline on resilience using the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) after the 10-session mind-body skills groups and at 3 month follow-up. Baseline, 11 weeks, and at 3 month follow-up The CD-RISC is a validated, self-report instrument assessing resilience over the last month. The CD-RISC consists of 25 questions that are rated on a 5-point scale with higher scores representing greater resilience.
Change = After the 10 sessions score- Baseline score; Follow-up score - After the 10 sessions score; and Follow-up Score - Baseline score
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change from Baseline on depression, anxiety, and stress using the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale -21 (DASS-21) after the 10-session mind-body skills groups and at 3 month follow-up. Baseline, 11 weeks, and at 3 month follow-up The DASS-21 is a validated, self-report instrument assessing the emotional states of depression, anxiety ans stress over the past week. The DASS-21 consists of 7 questions each for depression anxiety and stress are rated on a 4-point scale with higher scores representing higher levels of depression, anxiety, and stress.
Change= After the 10 sessions scores- Baseline scores; Follow-up scores - After the 10 sessions scores; and Follow-up scores - Baseline scoresChange from Baseline on coping-self efficacy using the Coping Self-Efficacy (CSE) scale after the 10 session mind-body skills groups and at 3 month follow-up Baseline, 11 weeks, and at 3 month follow-up The CSE Scale is a validated, self-report instrument assessing coping self-efficacy.
The CSE scale consists of 26 questions that are rated on scale from 0 "cannot do at all" to 10 "certain can do". Higher scores represent greater levels of coping self-efficacy.
Change = After the 10 sessions score- Baseline score; Follow-up score - After the 10 session score; and Follow-up score - Baseline score.Change from Baseline on meaning in life using the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ) after the 10 session mind-body skills groups and at 3 month follow-up Baseline, 11 weeks, and at 3 month follow-up The MLQ is a validated, self-report instrument assessing meaning in life. The MLQ consists of 10 questions that are rated on 7- point scale. There are 2 subscales: presence of meaning and search for meaning. Higher scores represent greater levels of these two components of meaning in life.
Change = After the 10 sessions score- Baseline score; Follow-up score - After the 10 session score; and Follow-up score - Baseline score.Change from Baseline on purpose in life using the the Life Engagement Test (LET) after the 10 session mind-body skills groups and at 3 month follow-up Baseline, 11 weeks, and at 3 month follow-up The LET is a 6-item scale made up of items that are framed in half positive and half negative directions. These items are then rated using a 5-point scale that ranges from "1 = strongly disagree" to "5 = strongly agree".Higher scores represent greater levels of purpose in life.
Change = After the 10 sessions score- Baseline score; Follow-up score - After the 10 session score; and Follow-up score - Baseline score.Change from Baseline on self-esteem (females only) using the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE) after the 10 session mind-body skills groups and at 3 month follow-up Baseline, 11 weeks, and at 3 month follow-up The RSE scale consists of 10 items scored on a 4-point scale with responses that range from "not at all like me" to "completely like me". Higher scores represent greater self-esteem.
Change = After the 10 sessions score- Baseline score; Follow-up score - After the 10 session score; and Follow-up score - Baseline score.Change from Baseline on aggression (males only) using the Aggression Questionnaire (AQ) after the 10 session mind-body skills groups and at 3 month follow-up. Baseline, 11 weeks, and at 3 month follow-up Improvements in aggression will be measured using the Aggression Questionnaire (AQ) which is a revision of the Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory that has been widely used to measure aggression.The AQ consists of 34 items scored on a 5-point Likert-type scale with responses ranging from "not at all like me" to "completely like me". The AQ has the following subscales: physical aggression, verbal aggression, anger, hostility, and indirect aggression. Higher scores represent greater aggression according to these components.
Change = After the 10 sessions score- Baseline score; Follow-up score - After the 10 session score; and Follow-up score - Baseline score.
Trial Locations
- Locations (2)
Indiana Women's Prison
🇺🇸Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Plainfield Correctional Facility
🇺🇸Indianapolis, Indiana, United States