Mindfulness Training in Military Spouses

NCT03308344 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 20120295
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 106
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This project aims to contextualize the delivery of mindfulness training for military spouses and evaluate its effectiveness on measures of executive functions and psychological well-being.

Conditions

Psychological Stress

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Change in Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART)

  SART is used to assess attentional performance and mind wandering. The task uses a continuous performance paradigm involving button presses to frequently presented non-targets (numbers 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9) but requires the participants to withhold their motor response to the infrequent target (number 3). The subjective experience of mind wandering during SART is assessed through experience sampling probes randomly presented throughout the task.

  Change from the pre-intervention baseline (testing 1) to post-intervention (testing 2), which is an average of 5 weeks from the baseline.

• Change in Working Memory task (WM)

  WMMW is used to assess working memory performance

  Change from the pre-intervention baseline (testing 1) to post-intervention (testing 2), which is an average of 5 weeks from the baseline.

Secondary Outcomes (13)

• Change in Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS)

  Change from the pre-intervention baseline (testing 1) to post-intervention (testing 2), which is an average of 5 weeks from the baseline.

• Change in Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)

  Change from the pre-intervention baseline (testing 1) to post-intervention (testing 2), which is an average of 5 weeks from the baseline.

• Change in Self-Compassion Scale (SCQ)

  Change from the pre-intervention baseline (testing 1) to post-intervention (testing 2), which is an average of 5 weeks from the baseline.

• Change in Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)

  Change from the pre-intervention baseline (testing 1) to post-intervention (testing 2), which is an average of 5 weeks from the baseline.

• Change in Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI)

  Change from the pre-intervention baseline (testing 1) to post-intervention (testing 2), which is an average of 5 weeks from the baseline.

Study Arms (3)

Spouse Trainers (MT-ST)

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will engage in a short-form mindfulness training delivered by their peers who underwent an extensive training practicum.

Behavioral: Mindfulness training

Wait-list control

NO INTERVENTION

Participants will be tested before and after a no-training interval and may receive training at a later time.

Mindfulness Expert (MT-ME)

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will engage in a short-form mindfulness training delivered by an expert mindfulness trainer.

Behavioral: Mindfulness training

Interventions

Mindfulness training BEHAVIORAL

The present MT program includes topics related to mindfulness, emotion regulation, and connection. It will be delivered in short, weekly sessions.

Mindfulness Expert (MT-ME); Spouse Trainers (MT-ST)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• English-speaking
• Being in a relationship or married to U.S. Army active-duty member or veteran.

You may not qualify if:

• A non-controlled severe medical disease that might interfere with the performance in the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Miami: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida, 33146, United States

Location

Related Publications (3)

• Jha AP, Morrison AB, Dainer-Best J, Parker S, Rostrup N, Stanley EA. Minds "at attention": mindfulness training curbs attentional lapses in military cohorts. PLoS One. 2015 Feb 11;10(2):e0116889. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116889. eCollection 2015.

  PMID: 25671579 BACKGROUND

• Jha AP, Stanley EA, Kiyonaga A, Wong L, Gelfand L. Examining the protective effects of mindfulness training on working memory capacity and affective experience. Emotion. 2010 Feb;10(1):54-64. doi: 10.1037/a0018438.

  PMID: 20141302 BACKGROUND

• Mansfield AJ, Kaufman JS, Marshall SW, Gaynes BN, Morrissey JP, Engel CC. Deployment and the use of mental health services among U.S. Army wives. N Engl J Med. 2010 Jan 14;362(2):101-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0900177.

  PMID: 20071699 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Stress, Psychological

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Study Officials

• Amishi Jha, Ph.D.

  University of Miami

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Model Details: Participants will be assigned into three groups: (i) a mindfulness training with spouse trainers (MT-ST, n = 60) that will receive the training from peers who underwent an extensive training practicum; (ii) a mindfulness training with mindfulness expert trainer group (MT-ME, n = 30) that will receive the training from a mindfulness expert trainer; and (ii) a wait-list control group (WLC, n = 30) that will be tested before and after a no-training interval and may receive MT at a later time after their second testing if they are interested.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 6, 2017
• First Posted: October 12, 2017
• Study Start: October 2, 2017
• Primary Completion: July 31, 2019
• Study Completion: July 31, 2019
• Last Updated: August 6, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)