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Trial reportBMC complementary medicine and therapies2024

A multisite feasibility randomized clinical trial of mindfulness-based resilience training for aggression, stress, and health in law enforcement officers.

Michael Christopher, Sarah Bowen, Katie Witkiewitz, Daniel Grupe, Richard Goerling, Matthew Hunsinger, Barry Oken, Tyrus Korecki, Nils Rosenbaum

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMC complementary medicine and therapies, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03784846 (Mindfulness-Based Resilience Training for Aggression, Health, and Stress Among Law Enforcement Officers), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03784846 nacompletednot on this map

Mindfulness-Based Resilience Training for Aggression, Health, and Stress Among Law Enforcement Officers

TypeinterventionalSponsorPacific UniversityRan2019 to 2022Enrolled109ConditionsStress, Psychological, AggressionArmsMindfulness-Based Resilience Training, Stress Management Education
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Mindfulness-Based Programmes for Work Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Michael ChristopherSchool of Graduate Psychology, Pacific University, 190 SE 8thAve, Suite 260, Hillsboro, OR, 97123, USA. mchristopher@pacificu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4657-4571
Sarah BowenSchool of Graduate Psychology, Pacific University, 190 SE 8thAve, Suite 260, Hillsboro, OR, 97123, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1724-9449
Katie WitkiewitzDepartment of Psychology, University of New Mexico, 2001 Redondo S Dr, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1086-3067
Daniel GrupeCenter for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin Madison, 625 West Washington Ave, Madison, WI, 53703, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4927-7572
Richard GoerlingSchool of Graduate Psychology, Pacific University, 190 SE 8thAve, Suite 260, Hillsboro, OR, 97123, USA.
Matthew HunsingerSchool of Graduate Psychology, Pacific University, 190 SE 8thAve, Suite 260, Hillsboro, OR, 97123, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2640-1876
Barry OkenDepartment of Neurology, Oregon Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Neurological Disorders, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR, 97239, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3781-4273
Tyrus KoreckiDepartment of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles, 1285 Franz Hall, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6074-2175
Nils RosenbaumBehavioral Sciences Department, Albuquerque Police Department, 400 Rome, NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, USA.
Pacific University Oregon · USOregon Health & Science University · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USUniversity of New Mexico · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

Research Education ComponentP30AG066518 · NIA · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI KEVIN M DUFF, Lisa C Silbert · 2020 to 2026
$28.6M
Mindfulness-Based Resilience Training for Aggression, Stress and Health in Law Enforcement OfficersR01AT009841 · NCCIH · PACIFIC UNIVERSITY · PI BOWEN, SARAH, CHRISTOPHER, MICHAEL · 2021 to 2022
$896k
NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT009841NIA NIH HHS P30 AG066518NIH HHS R01AT009841
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLaw enforcement officers (LEOs) are exposed to significant stressors that can impact their mental health, increasing risk of posttraumatic stress disorder, burnout, at-risk alcohol use, depression, and suicidality. Compromised LEO health can subsequently lead to aggression and excessive use of force. Mindfulness training is a promising approach for high-stress populations and has been shown to be effective in increasing resilience and improving mental health issues common among LEOs.

methodsThis multi-site, randomized, single-blind clinical feasibility trial was intended to establish optimal protocols and procedures for a future full-scale, multi-site trial assessing effects of mindfulness-based resilience training (MBRT) versus an attention control (stress management education [SME]) and a no-intervention control, on physiological, attentional, and psychological indices of stress and mental health. The current study was designed to enhance efficiency of recruitment, engagement and retention; optimize assessment, intervention training and outcome measures; and ensure fidelity to intervention protocols. Responsiveness to change over time was examined to identify the most responsive potential proximate and longer-term assessments of targeted outcomes.

resultsWe observed high feasibility of recruitment and retention, acceptability of MBRT, fidelity to assessment and intervention protocols, and responsiveness to change for a variety of putative physiological and self-report mechanism and outcome measures.

conclusionsResults of this multi-site feasibility trial set the stage for a full-scale, multi-site trial testing the efficacy of MBRT on increasing LEO health and resilience, and on decreasing more distal outcomes of aggression and excessive use of force that would have significant downstream benefits for communities they serve.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03784846 . Registered on December 24th, 2018.

Indexed as

MindfulnessPoliceResilience, PsychologicalAggressionFeasibility StudiesHumansNorth American PeopleSingle-Blind MethodUnited StatesAggressionLaw enforcementMindfulnessRemoteResilienceStress

Identifiers

PMID38575888
PMCPMC10993469
OpenAlexW4393943397

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