Mind-Body Skills Groups for Incarcerated Men and Women

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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: Do the mind-body skills groups increase resilience? Do the mind-body skills groups decrease depression, anxiety and/or stress? Do the mind-body skills groups increase participants' belief that they have improved coping skills? Do the mind-body skills groups increase a sense of meaning in life? Do the mind-body skills groups increase a sense of life purpose? Do the mind-body skills groups increase self-esteem in women? Do the mind-body skills groups decrease aggressive responses in men?

Official Title
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Mind-Body Skills Groups for Incarcerated Men and Women

Conditions
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Resilience

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Mind-Body Skills Groups


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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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: a sentence that will end, a scheduled change in security level to a minimum-security prison or, 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

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 21 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Behavioral: Mind-body Skills Groups<br>10 mind-body skills groups held once a week. | Behavioral: Mind-Body Skills Groups<br>* 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.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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. | 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 | Baseline, 11 weeks, and at 3 month follow-up | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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. | 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 | Baseline, 11 weeks, and at 3 month follow-up | 
| 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 | 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. | Baseline, 11 weeks, and at 3 month follow-up | 
| 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 | 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. | Baseline, 11 weeks, and at 3 month follow-up | 
| 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 | 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. | Baseline, 11 weeks, and at 3 month follow-up | 
| 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 | 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. | Baseline, 11 weeks, and at 3 month follow-up | 
| 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. | 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. | Baseline, 11 weeks, and at 3 month follow-up | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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mind-body medicine, resilience, incarcerated, meditation, prisoners