Acceptability and Preliminary Results of a Meaning-focused Intervention in the Army: A Case Series Study. Assessment of Meaningful Life Intervention in the Spanish Forces
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Enrollment
- 120
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in Meaningful life
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this research is to contribute to the empirical study of meaningful life interventions in the general population, since it is a sample of active professionals. To get the research objectives, two studies are proposed.
In the present investigation the effects of two interventions in meaningful life will be analyzed and will be compared with a control group. The first group will be an intervention based on meaningful life (MLI), the second group an intervention based on meaningful life and emotional regulation (MIL+ER) and the third group will be a control group on the waiting list. The assignment will be random and both programs will consist of six sessions, once a week, of 120 minutes.
Prior to the main study, a pilot study will be carried out with the aim of describing the possible individual benefits of the meaningful life intervention, and at the same time analyzing whether emotional regulation favors meaningful life. The acceptability and feasibility of both programs will also be evaluated.
Detailed Description
The structure of the program will include tools for the promotion of meaning through the understanding of oneself, the practice of mindfulness, strengths, values, analysis of objectives and action plans to achieve them . In the MLI+ER group, training in emotional regulation skills will be included as an element that enhances the meaning of life, as suggested by some studies.
Objectives and hypotheses Studio 1
The investigators set ourselves the following objectives:
- Explore the feasibility of enhancing the sense of life and work through an intervention based on the sense of life.
- To explore the usefulness of an emotional regulation component in an intervention based on a meaningful life to enhance the effects on a meaningful life and a meaningful at work.
- To explore the possible impact of an intervention based on meaningful life in other relevant aspects such as meaningful at work, burnout, work commitment, well-being, emotional dysregulation and depression
- Check if an intervention based on meaningful life is acceptable and feasible in a non-clinical population in the military context.
- Explore aspects to improve in the protocol based on the quantitative and qualitative results.
Study 2 Objectives: To compare the effects of a MLI-based intervention compared to a combined MLI+ER program and to analyze its impact on subjective well-being, emotional regulation, depressive symptomatology, burnout, and work commitment, as well as the mechanisms of change.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 45 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •The inclusion criteria for the research will be active military personnel, or an active worker, over 18 years of age.
Exclusion Criteria
- •The exclusion criteria will be being on medical or psychiatric leave or having a significant level of depression (PHQ greater than or equal to 10). People excluded for this reason will be referred to a psychological care service.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in Meaningful life
Time Frame: "pre intervention", "immediately after intervention" and "4 months after the end of the intervention"
Meaningful life Questionnaire; MLQ de Steger M., 2006, It is a 10-item instrument with two subscales that measure presence and the search for meaning in life. Items are rated on a Likert scale from 1 (Absolutely false) to 7 (Absolutely true). A minimum score of 24 points on each subscale reflects higher levels of presence and search for meaning in life, respectively.
Change in Meaningful at work
Time Frame: "pre intervention", "immediately after intervention" and "4 months after the end of the intervention"
Work and Meaningful Inventory; WAMI, Steger M., 2012; It is a 10-item instrument. It measures the perception that the individual has about the meaning of his work. The WAMI contains 3 subscales: positive meaning at work (PM), feeling that the work one does is important, creating meaning through work (MM), building meaning in one's personal life through what one does at work job; and great motivations towards others (GG), believing that work benefits and does good for others and society in general. Each item is evaluated on a Likert-type scale ranging from 1 (Absolutely false) to 5 (Absolutely true). The total score ranges from 10 to 50, the higher the score, the more meaning experienced through the work.
Change in Well-being
Time Frame: "pre intervention", "immediately after intervention" and "4 months after the end of the intervention"
Pemberton happiness index; Vazquez C. y Hervas G., 2013; This scale is a measure of well-being that integrates hedonic and eudaimonic aspects. The scale contains 11 items of remembered well-being and 10 items of experienced well-being. The sum of these scales results in a well-being index. The recalled well-being scale has a Likert scale ranging from 0 (completely disagree) to 10 (completely agree). The well-being index has a score from 0 to 10.
Secondary Outcomes
- Change in Emotional regulation("pre intervention", "immediately after intervention" and "4 months after the end of the intervention")
- Change in Depression after intervention("pre intervention", "immediately after intervention" and "4 months after the end of the intervention")
- Change in Burnout("pre intervention", "immediately after intervention" and "4 months after the end of the intervention")
- Client Satisfaction Questionnaire after intervention and open questions("immediately after intervention")
- Change in Engagement at work("pre intervention", "immediately after intervention" and "4 months after the end of the intervention")