Mind-Body Skills Groups for Incarcerated Men and Women

Mind-Body Skills Groups for Incarcerated Men and Women

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?

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:

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