Resilience
Conditions
Keywords
mind-body medicine, resilience, incarcerated, meditation, prisoners
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?
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMind-Body Skills Groups
The mind-body skills groups consist of supportive small group sessions with about 8-10 participants per group. Participants of these groups learn and practice mind-body techniques including: meditation, self-expression through drawings, autogenics and biofeedback, guided imagery, body awareness, and genograms.
Sponsors
Herbert Simon Family Foundation
The Center for Mind-Body Medicine
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
21 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
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: 1. a sentence that will end, 2. a scheduled change in security level to a minimum-security prison or, 3. 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
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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 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. |
| 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. |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| How the Mind-Body Medicine Skills Groups have Affected the Participants by using Focus Group Interviews | 11 weeks | Two focus groups with approximately with approximately 16-20 people each at each of the 2 prisons will be held. Focus group questions will cover topics such as how the mind-bdy skills groups have affected the participant in terms of relationships, how they view their future, and how they are going to used what they have learned. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed