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| W81XWH20C0065 | Other Grant/Funding Number | Department of Defense |
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| United States Department of Defense | FED |
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The overarching goal of this study is to develop, deliver, and investigate the utility and feasibility of train-the-trainer delivery of mindfulness training (MT) in support of improved readiness (across cognitive, affective, and social domains of the human dimension) and improve retention of candidates in the SOF qualification pipeline at the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School (referred to as SWCS).
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Mindfulness training (MT) group | Experimental | Receives 4 weeks of mindfulness training followed by a testing session. |
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| No-training control (NTC) group | No Intervention | Receives 4 weeks of no mindfulness training followed by a testing session. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| MBAT course | Behavioral | The MBAT will involve: (i) 4 weekly 1.5-hour course sessions. The sessions will provide guided exercises, didactic information, and discussions to promote greater mindfulness. (ii) Daily mindfulness practice that will be facilitated by the Measuring Mindfulness App (MMA) and/or instructor-delivered mindfulness practices. The daily mindfulness practice will require about 15 minutes to complete. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in Attentional Performance | Attentional Performance as measured by the Sustained Attention Response Task (SART). SART has a range of scores from 0 to 1 with a higher score indicating better accuracy of completing the task. | Baseline (week 1) to week 6 (after 4-week training interval) |
| Change in Working Memory Performance | Working Memory Performance as measured by the Working Memory Task with Affective Distracters (WMDA). WMDA has a range of scores from 0 to 100%, with higher scores indicating better accuracy on the task. | Baseline (week 1) to week 6 (after 4-week training interval) |
| Change in Cognitive Failures | Cognitive Failures will be measured by the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ). CFQ has total score ranging from 0 to 100, with a higher score indicating more cognitive failures. | Baseline (week 1) to week 6 (after 4-week training interval) |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in Positive Affect | Positive Affect will be measured by the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS-10). The PANAS Positive has a range of scores from 5 to 25, with higher score indicating higher positive mood. | Baseline (week 1) to week 6 (after 4-week training interval) |
| Change in Negative Affect |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptomatology | Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for military populations (PCL-M) will be used to measure symptoms of PTSD. PCL-M has a range of scores from 17 to 85, with higher scores indicating more PTSD symptoms. | Baseline to week 6 and week 11. |
| Change in Perspective Taking |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Amishi Jha | University of Miami | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of Miami | Coral Gables | Florida | 33146 | United States |
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Negative Affect will be measured by the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS-10). The PANAS Negative has a range of scores from 5 to 25, with higher score indicating higher negative mood. |
| Baseline (week 1) to week 6 (after 4-week training interval) |
| Change in Perceived Stress | The short version of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) will be used assess perceived stress. The 4-item PSS has a range of scores from 0 to 16, with higher score indicating higher level of perceived stress. | Baseline (week 1) to week 6 (after 4-week training interval) |
| Change in Psychological Health | Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-4) will be used to assess depression and anxiety. PHQ-4 has a range of scores from 0 to 12, with higher scores indicating higher level of depression and anxiety. | Baseline (week 1) to week 6 (after 4-week training interval) |
| Change in Decentering | EQ Decentering is an 11-item sub-scale measuring various thoughts and experiences, and the tendency to distance from those. The decentering score ranges from 1 to 55, with a higher score indicating high level of decentering. | Baseline (week 1) to week 6 (after 4-week training interval) |
| Change in Mind Wandering | Four Factor Mind Wandering (4FMW) Questionnaire is a 16-item scale that asks participants to indicate how often they experience a situation described in the form of a statement on a 5-point Likert-type scale from never (1) to always (5). 4FMW has a range of scores from 16 to 80, with higher scores indicating greater mind wandering. | Baseline (week 1) to week 6 (after 4-week training interval) |
The Perspective Taking (PT) Subscale from the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) will be used to assess perspective-taking. The PT Subscale score ranges from 0 to 28, with a higher score indicating greater perspective-taking. |
| Baseline (week 1) to week 6 (after 4-week training interval) |
| Applied Mindfulness Process Scale | Applied Mindfulness Process Scale measures how often people apply mindfulness practice in daily life. | post training at at week 6 |