Fostering Inmates' Well-being and Mental Health Through Transcendental Meditation: a Prison Pilot
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 终止
- 入组人数
- 44
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Mental health: - GHQ 12 - SF-12 Health survey
研究概览
简要总结
The objective of the project was to provide an assessment of the impact of Transcendental Meditation on prison inmates' well-being. To achieve this goal the investigators conducted a before-and-after study in Her Majesty's Prison Warren Hill (HMP) (England). Meditation is correlated with better self-regulation and is innovative because it fosters generalisable psychological processes that support cognitive, emotional and behavioural regulation, with self-regulation being an important factor behind a variety of outcomes.
Unfortunately, the trial couldn't be completed as the investigators didn't manage to recruit a sufficient number of participants.
详细描述
The meditation intervention consists of teaching four one-hour lessons of the Transcendental meditation technique developed and offered by the David Lynch Foundation. The technique involves the use of a sound (mantra) to effortlessly allow the mind to settle down to a state of inner calm. Meditation enables those who have learned it and regularly practice it to be more self-aware and respond in a calmer and more considered manner to whatever happens in their present experience.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 性别
- Male
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •any inmate with no history of drug or alcohol abuse
- •recreational drug users who have refrained from using drugs for two weeks before learning the meditation technique
- •alcohol or drug addicts who are recovering from alcohol or drug use and have refrained from drug use for at least three months before taking part to the programme
排除标准
- •informed consent not signed.
- •expected stay in HMP Warren Hill shorter than six months since the beginning of the project.
- •drug users and alcoholics not in rehabilitation
- •people with serious mental health problems
- •people who do not speak English as a first language.
研究组 & 干预措施
Transcendental Meditation training
The intervention of the project is the teaching and learning of Transcendental Meditation technique. The technique involves the use of a sound (mantra) to effortlessly allow the mind to settle down to a state of inner calm. It is a simple, natural and effortless practise, and unlike other meditation strategies, it does not involve concentration or control of the mind. The practice does not require any religion, philosophy, or change in lifestyle. Once learned the technique, participants will practice it twice a day, 20 minutes every morning and 20 minutes in the afternoon.
干预措施: Transcendental Meditation training (Other)
control
no intervention
结局指标
主要结局
Mental health: - GHQ 12 - SF-12 Health survey
时间窗: 4 months after training
GHQ 12 was collected via survey questions. The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) is a screening device for identifying minor psychiatric disorders in the general population and within community or non-psychiatric clinical settings such as primary care or general medical out-patients. Suitable for all ages from adolescent upwards - not children, it assesses the respondent's current state and asks if that differs from his or her usual state. It is therefore sensitive to short-term psychiatric disorders but not to long-standing attributes of the respondent.
Patience and trust
时间窗: 4 months after training
Two survey questions assessing propensity for delayed gratification: 1. assessing propensity for delayed gratification using monetary values (scale 1 to 32, 32 is highest, 1 is lowest). 2. assessing propensity for delayed gratification using subjective values (scale 0 to 10, higher numbers reflecting a greater propensity than lower ones). One survey question on trust: scale from 0 to 10 (0 is lowest, 10 is highest).
Positive reciprocity
时间窗: 4 months after training
Two survey questions: 1. "When someone does me a favour are you willing to return it?" (scale from 0 to 10, where 0 is the lowest value and 10 the highest). 2. Hypothetical scenario where someone helps the participant find their way. How much are they willing to provide as monetary reward for the help received? No scale. Outcome in pounds.
次要结局
未报告次要终点