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The Implementation and Treatment Outcomes of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention in a Forensic Setting: The Mindfulness Meditation Project

Haenisch, Heidi H
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9864-6093
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1563402463671307

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2019, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Toledo, Psychology - Clinical.
Approximately 2.8% of the U.S. adult population is under some form of supervision by the U.S. correctional system. Individuals in the correctional system have exceedingly higher rates of mental health problems, medical conditions, and psychosocial stressors than the general population, which affects their psychological, cognitive, and behavioral functioning. Mindfulness-based treatments have been found to effectively improve mood disturbances, behavioral control problems, distress from medical conditions, and cognitive processes in non-forensic populations. Similar positive outcomes of mindfulness in forensic settings are progressively surfacing, although there are many areas that warrant further attention and additional research. The current study, the Mindfulness Meditation (MM) Project, examined the implementation and effectiveness of a mindfulness-based treatment in a forensic setting. Participants included individuals in a residential reentry facility for inmates transitioning from prison back to the community. The present study found that MM group participants reported significant pre- to post-treatment improvements on measures of applied mindfulness, emotion and behavior regulation, and self-control and self-management abilities, although no significant changes in overall psychological functioning were reported. Further, no significant changes were found in the number of behavior violations from pre- to post-treatment comparing between the MM group participants and a naturally occurring treatment as usual (TAU) group of individuals who did not complete the MM program. Lastly, no significant changes were found in the rates of successful release back to the community or recidivism rates following completion of the program at three different post-release time-periods (six months, 1.5 years, and 2.5 years) between individuals who participated in the MM group and individuals in the TAU comparison group.
Wesley Bullock (Committee Chair)
Peter Mezo (Committee Member)
Matthew Tull (Committee Member)
Stephen Christman (Committee Member)
Colleen Snitch (Committee Member)
111 p.
Clinical Psychology
Mindfulness; Mindfulness-based treatments; Forensic population; Clinical-research outcome study

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  • Haenisch, H. H. (2019). The Implementation and Treatment Outcomes of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention in a Forensic Setting: The Mindfulness Meditation Project [Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1563402463671307

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Haenisch, Heidi. The Implementation and Treatment Outcomes of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention in a Forensic Setting: The Mindfulness Meditation Project. 2019. University of Toledo, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1563402463671307.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Haenisch, Heidi. "The Implementation and Treatment Outcomes of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention in a Forensic Setting: The Mindfulness Meditation Project." Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1563402463671307

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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