Mind-Body Skills Groups for Incarcerated Men and Women

NCT ID: NCT05948917

Last Updated: 2025-12-10

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

140 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-09-05

Study Completion Date

2025-06-19

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:

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?

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Resilience

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Behavioral: Mind-body Skills Groups

10 mind-body skills groups held once a week.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Mind-Body Skills Groups

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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.

Interventions

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Mind-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.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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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
Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Herbert Simon Family Foundation

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

The Center for Mind-Body Medicine

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Julie K. Staples

Research Director

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Julie K Staples, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The Center for Mind-Body Medicine

Locations

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Plainfield Correctional Facility

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Site Status

Indiana Women's Prison

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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CMBMIndianaPrisons002

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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