Mind-Body Skills Groups for Incarcerated Men and Women

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Resilience

• 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

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-06-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-07-10
• Study First Posted: 2023-07-17
• Study Start: 2023-09-05
• Status Verified: 2024-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-11-21
• Last Update Posted: 2024-11-25
• Primary Completion: 2025-05-30
• Study Completion: 2025-05-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 104

Inclusion Criteria

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.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Having any of the following before the study is completed:

2. a sentence that will end,

3. a scheduled change in security level to a minimum-security prison or,

4. 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

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 scores
Change 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)

Plainfield Correctional Facility; 🇺🇸 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Indiana Women's Prison; 🇺🇸 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States