Enhancing Resiliency and Optimizing Readiness in Military Personnel

Part of paid clinical trials in Killeen, Texas.

Sponsor
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Study ID
NCT05094115
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Resilience, Psychological
  • Stress, Physiological

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Psychological Flexibility Training (PFT) — BEHAVIORAL
    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.

Study Details

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.

Key Dates

Start date
Oct 4, 2021
Status verified
Nov 2025
Primary completion
Sep 30, 2026
Completion
Sep 30, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
600 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Arms

  • No Intervention: Training as usual
    Training as Usual for the 3rd SFAB is the U.S. Army Master Resilience Trainer (MRT). It focuses on teaching resilience skills and is one of the foundational pillars of the Comprehensive Soldier Fitness program. MRT course is intended to impart training resilience skills, designed to introduce other resilience concepts that soldiers will likely encounter through their careers. Key focus of course are (1) resilience, (2) building mental toughness, (3) identifying character strengths, and (5) strengthening relationships. The 3rd SFAB uses a a team training grounded in strengths-based leadership. The Small Team Development Consultant and Brigade Behavioral Health Provider serves as a consultant to units conducting their own resiliency training as usual. No booster sessions will be offered to Training as Usual.
  • Active Comparator: Training as usual with psychological flexibility training
    Training as usual, with psychological flexibility training delivered during a 2-day workshop. Day 1 provides an overview of the training and describes the posture or stance to prepare for response to challenging situations in a psychologically flexible manner. Day 2 provides common coping strategies.

Primary Outcome Measure

Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) [ Time Frame: Baseline to 16 months ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Fort HoodKilleenTexas76544
Abby Blankenship, PhD
[email protected]
254-288-1638
Stacey Young-McCaughan, PhD
[email protected]
210-562-6722

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