Readiness Supportive Leadership Training (RESULT)

Behavioral Health & Resilience Training for Military Leaders

This study is a randomized controlled trial that will assess the effects of an evidence based, multi-component, leadership support intervention, Resilience-Supportive Leadership Training (RESULT), using accelerated learning strategies aimed at improving Service Member resilience and readiness in the military.

The intervention is expected to increase perceptions of resilience-supportive behaviors, resilience indicators, and related behavioral health outcomes such as emotion regulation, connectedness, team cohesion, psychological health, and physical health following the training from the perspective of the Service Member.

Study Overview

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Conditions: Health Behavior; Well-Being
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Resilience-Supportive Leadership Training (RESULT)

Detailed Description

The goal of our proposed study is to adapt our existing, evidence-based supportive leadership training for an active duty population, focusing on training junior leaders in the Army on ways they can enhance readiness and resilience in their soldiers, as well as their own resilience. The investigators will draw on best practices from existing military and civilian programs in a training that is engaging, interactive, and customizable. The investigators will use micro-learnings - small, bite-sized pieces of information delivered in non-traditional ways, such as short podcasts or videos to enhance the training and enable it to be integrated easily into both military and civilian jobs.

The investigators will evaluate the effectiveness of our Resilience-Supportive Leadership Training (RESULT) intervention with U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in the State of Washington. The study will include a control group, so The investigators can better determine whether any observed changes in our participants are due to our training programs, and not some other factor. The investigators anticipate that the training programs will have a positive impact on service member readiness and resilience, psychological health, team cohesion, and reduced loneliness.

This research is designed to benefit not only U.S. Army soldiers but across all military branches, as well as first-responders and other civilian occupations that face highly stressful situations as part of their work. Our training will have the potential to positively contribute to the military by enhancing service member readiness and unit autonomy, and improving mental and physical health.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 2297
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Washington
    • Tacoma, Washington, United States, 98433
      • Joint Base Lewis McChord

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Active Duty Service Members Serving in one of the two Striker Brigade Combat Teams (SBCT), Positions of platoon leader or below.

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: PREVENTION
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: DOUBLE

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Leader Intervention; Leaders in the intervention group will go through the Resilience-Supportive Leadership Training (RESULT)	Behavioral: Resilience-Supportive Leadership Training (RESULT); Leaders will receive a training addressing supportive supervisor behaviors and resilience
NO_INTERVENTION: Control Group; Leaders in the control group will be usual practice

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Leader reactions to RESULT training	Leader perceptions of training effectiveness, usefulness, and recommendations of training. Survey responses on likert-type scales. Anonymized individual data will be collected. Data will be reported at the mean.	10 minutes post-training
Training Knowledge	Leader knowledge of resilience leadership and mental health knowledge; demonstrating knowledge acquisition from training content. Survey responses on likert-type scales (e.g., not at all - very much; strongly disagree - strongly agree). Anonymized individual data will be collected. Data will be reported at the mean.	10 minutes post-training
Leader general self-efficacy	Leader belief that they can effectively execute behaviors to obtain important outcomes. Survey responses on likert-type scales. Anonymized individual data will be collected. Data will be reported at the mean.	10 minutes post-training
Mental health self-efficacy	Leader belief that they can effectively execute behaviors to obtain mental health outcomes. Survey responses on likert-type scales. Anonymized individual data will be collected. Data will be reported at the mean.	10 minutes post-training
Mental illness stigma	Leader perceptions of mental illness stigma. Survey responses on likert-type scales. Anonymized individual data will be collected. Data will be reported at the mean.	10 minutes post-training
Resilience supportive supervisor behaviors	Service member's perceptions of leadership behaviors supporting resilience and mental health, general effectiveness, and general supervisor support. Survey responses on likert-type scales. Anonymized individual data will be collected. Data will be reported at the mean.	6-month post intervention
Organizational attachment	Organizational attachment Description: Service member's perceptions of organizational commitment. Survey responses on likert-type scales. Anonymized individual data will be collected. Data will be reported at the mean.	6-month post intervention
Emotion Regulation	Service member's perceptions of regulation or suppression of emotions. Survey responses on likert-type scales. Anonymized individual data will be collected. Data will be reported at the mean.	6-month post intervention
Resilience	Service member's perceptions of the effectiveness in which they cope with problems in life. Survey responses on likert-type scales. Anonymized individual data will be collected. Data will be reported at the mean.	6-month post intervention
Social connectedness	Service member's perceptions of belongingness and loneliness. Survey responses on likert-type scales. Anonymized individual data will be collected. Data will be reported at the mean.	6-month post intervention
Psychological health	Service member's perceptions of their psychological health including distress, impairment in functional life areas, stress, PTSD symptoms, and anger. Survey responses on likert-type scales. Anonymized individual data will be collected. Data will be reported at the mean.	6-month post intervention
Physical health	Service member's perceptions of physical health. Survey responses on likert-type or continuous scales. Anonymized individual data will be collected. Data will be reported at the mean.	6-month post intervention
Cohesion	Service member's reported exposure to combat experiences during their military tenure. Survey responses on a count scale (never - 5 or more times). Anonymized individual data will be collected. Data will be reported at the mean.	6-month post intervention
Combat exposure	Service member's reported exposure to combat experiences during their military tenure. Survey responses on a count scale (never - 5 or more times). Anonymized individual data will be collected. Data will be reported at the mean.	6-month post intervention
Demographics	Leader and service member demographics including unit information, age, rank, gender, relationship status, number of children, years in the military, deployment history, and months in platoon. Survey responses. Anonymized individual data will be collected. Data will reported with mean or percentages.	6-month post intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Oregon Health and Science University
• Collaborators: Portland State University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): September 3, 2020
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): February 8, 2021
• Study Completion (ANTICIPATED): August 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 18, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 4, 2019
• First Posted (ACTUAL): November 5, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): March 10, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 8, 2022
• Last Verified: March 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Readiness; Military; Resilience; Psychological Health; Well-Being; Physical Health; Service Member
• Other Study ID Numbers: W81XWH-18-PHTBIRP-R2OE-TRA

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No