N/A
N=40
The Peace of Mind and Body Project: Treatment Development of Yoga for Anger Management in Incarcerated Adults
Anger · Aggression
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05336123 ↗Enrolled (actual)
40
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Jun 2024
Primary outcome: Primary: Program Satisfaction — 29.76; 26.69 score on a scale
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Hatha Yoga (Behavioral); Health Education (Behavioral)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Brown University
- Primary completion
- Apr 2023
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Program Satisfaction |
29.76; 26.69 | — |
| SECONDARY Program Credibility |
0.86; 0.81 | — |
| SECONDARY Program Expectancy |
0.76; 0.67 | — |
| SECONDARY Class Attendance |
10; 12 | — |
| SECONDARY Novaco Anger Scale |
11.87; 5.94 | — |
Summary
The investigators will conduct a pilot randomized clinical trial (n = 40) of hatha yoga vs. a health education group (attention control) for prisoners high in self-reported anger dysregulation. The investigators will assess feasibility and acceptability of the yoga program, the health education control group, and research procedures.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Age 18-70
- Clinically significant anger dysregulation, as evidenced by a score ≥ 86 on the Novaco Anger Scale (NAS)
- Prisoner or jail detainee, with anticipated duration of remaining time incarcerated of 90 days or more, allowing for participation in the 10 week intervention
- Ability and willingness to provide informed consent
- Willingness to be audio recorded in the intervention condition sessions (e.g., yoga or health education groups).
Exclusion Criteria
- Presence of current manic or psychotic symptoms, or suicide risk (warranting referral to prison mental health clinical staff)
- Any endorsed item on the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q) except for item 6 (i.e., participants can be included even if they endorse item 6)
- Current weekly yoga practice or current participation in mindfulness- based programming
- Pregnancy
- Inability to understand English sufficiently well to understand the consent form or assessment instruments when read aloud.
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05336123). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.