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Enhancing Resiliency and Optimizing Readiness in Military Personnel

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · NCT05094115

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
600
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
October 4, 2021
Record last updated
November 12, 2025

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What the 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. 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.

Being studied: Psychological Flexibility Training (PFT)

Conditions: Resilience, Psychological; Stress, Physiological

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Adult 18 or older
  • Male or female soldiers assigned to the 3rd SFAB

Exclusion Criteria

  • None

Recruiting US locations

  • Fort Hood

    Killeen, TX 76544

    Site contact: Abby Blankenship, PhD · 254-288-1638 · blankenshipa@uthscsa.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Alan Peterson, PhD · 210-562-6700 · petersona3@uthscsa.edu
  • Stacey Young-McCaughan · 210-562-6722 · youngs1@uthscsa.edu
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