NCT05094115 · The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Enhancing Resiliency and Optimizing Readiness in Military Personnel
(R2OE)
What this study is about
Security Force Assistance Brigades (SFABs) are specialized United States Army units formed to train, advise, assist, enable and accompany operations with allied and partner nations.
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Security Force Assistance Brigades (SFABs) are specialized United States Army units formed to train, advise, assist, enable and accompany operations with allied and partner nations. Security Force Assistance Brigades are composed of roughly 800 senior military personnel, primarily commissioned and non-commissioned officers selected from regular Army units across a wide range of military specialties. Because of the high operational tempo (OPTEMPO) of these units, individual resiliency is of utmost importance in maintaining readiness to successfully execute critical, high-stress missions. Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT) is an evidence-based intervention with strong potential to enhance resiliency by bolstering psychological flexibility along with other factors which have been demonstrated to optimize individual and group performance. This project will compare an Acceptance and Commitment Training-based resiliency-enhancement training program as compared to training as usual in 600 3rd Security Force Assistance Brigades soldiers stationed at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas. Assessment measures related to resilience will be administered before and after training as well as before and after deployment. Assessments will be conducted at baseline, and every 4 months thereafter for a total of 16-months.
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL
Psychological Flexibility Training (PFT)
A 2-day workshop lasting approximately 8 hours per day. Day 1: an overview of the training and to describe the posture or stance that prepares one to respond to challenging situations in a psychologically flexible manner. Day 2: identifies common coping strategies that typically fail or even "backfire" over the long term and to practice skills that promote psychological flexibility. Experiential exercises will be integrated throughout the training. Following the PFT, 4 optional, monthly, one-hour booster sessions to supply refresher information. * An experiential exercise to highlight one or more process/concept that was introduced during the 2-day training. * Questions from the attendees about applying the concepts in their lives. * Comments and questions from the booster session facilitators to encourage application of the concepts.
Primary outcome measures
Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC)
Time frame: Baseline to 16 months
Change in score on a 10-item questionnaire examining attitudes toward coping with adversity. Items require respondents to indicate their degree of endorsement on 5-point scales ranging from 0 ("not true at all") through 4 ("true nearly all the time"; e.g., "Having to cope with stress makes me stronger"). Score ranges are from 0 to 40, with a lower score indicating less coping ability.
Who can participate
This study lists these criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov. A study coordinator reviews eligibility during screening — this page does not determine whether you qualify.
Inclusion criteria
- Adult 18 or older
- Male or female soldiers assigned to the 3rd SFAB
Where
- Killeen, Texas
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