Researching Resiliency in Stressful Experiences (RISE) Program for Men Leaving Incarceration

NCT ID: NCT04785677

Last Updated: 2025-10-29

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 403 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-02-09
• Study Completion Date: 2024-06-30

Brief Summary

The investigators are conducting a randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of Resiliency in Stressful Experiences (RISE) - a comprehensive trauma-based program for young men releasing from a southeastern state's prisons. The investigators are assessing whether treating trauma and providing other transitional supports - such as employment assistance - as young men return home will help to improve their community stability and enhance their psychological well-being, in turn, resulting in less likelihood that a person will become incarcerated in the future.

Detailed Description

The five-year study is a two-armed, randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of a comprehensive trauma-based reentry program for young men assessed as moderate to high risk for recidivism as they are released to the community. Four Hundred young males who were released from one of ten Florida prisons into our target counties were randomly assigned to receive a comprehensive trauma-based reentry program or treatment as usual. The effectiveness of the reentry program was evaluated on mechanisms of change (trauma symptoms, coping, impulsivity, and aggression), community stability (housing, employment), and recidivism.

Research questions are: Does a comprehensive trauma-based research program improve key mechanisms of change for moderate to high-risk young males? Does a comprehensive trauma-based reentry program improve community stability for moderate to high-risk young males? Does a comprehensive trauma-based reentry program decrease rates of recidivism for moderate to high-risk young males? Research questions 1 and 2 were analyzed using ANCOVA, and Research Question 3 will be analyzed using survival analysis. We also used a Research-to-Practice Feedback Loop to catalyze rapid assessment of intervention and implementation refinement to increase participant responsivity.

Conditions

Stress Disorders, Traumatic; Stress Disorders, Traumatic, Acute; Depressive Symptoms; Anxiety; Substance Use; Aggression; Coping Skills; Impulsive Behavior; Housing Problems; Recidivism; Stress; Occupational Stress; Psychological Distress

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Comprehensive Trauma-Based Reentry Program

Participants will complete up to19 session comprehensive trauma-based reentry program.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Resiliency in Stressful Experiences (RISE) Program

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The Resiliency in Stressful Experiences (RISE) Program is a multi-phased comprehensive trauma based reentry program designed based on the transitional nature of reentry. Participants will receive up to 4 sessions prior to release and up tp 15 session post release from prison. The RISE program is a trauma intervention paired with reentry services, including housing support and employment assistance.

Treatment as usual (TAU)

Participants will be receive all reentry services normally eligible to receive by the state or the community to which they are released.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Resiliency in Stressful Experiences (RISE) Program

The Resiliency in Stressful Experiences (RISE) Program is a multi-phased comprehensive trauma based reentry program designed based on the transitional nature of reentry. Participants will receive up to 4 sessions prior to release and up tp 15 session post release from prison. The RISE program is a trauma intervention paired with reentry services, including housing support and employment assistance.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

Comprehensive Trauma-Based Reentry Program

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Males
• Ages 18-35
• Have experienced at least one lifetime traumatic event
• Released from incarceration to Suwanee, Leon, Duval or Columbia County, Florida.
• Conversational in English
• Being able to cognitively consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Younger than 18 years old
• Older than 35 years old
• Has not experienced at least one lifetime traumatic event
• Not cognitively able to understand
• Not conversational in English
• Not releasing from incarceration to Suwanee, Leon, Duval or Columbia County, Florida.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 35 Years
• Eligible Sex: MALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

U.S. Department of Justice

FED

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Florida State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Stephen Tripodi

Professor;

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Carrie Pettus-Davis, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Florida State University College of Social Work, Institute of Justice Research & Development

Stephen Tripodi, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Florida State University College of Social Work, Institute of Justice Research & Development

Tanya Renn, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Florida State University College of Social Work, Institute of Justice Research & Development

Locations

Institute for Justice Research and Development

Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Countries

United States

Provided Documents

Document Type: Study Protocol

View Document

Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan

View Document

Document Type: Informed Consent Form

View Document

Other Identifiers

2019-MU-CX-0065

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

STUDY00001064

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id