NCT03242837

Psychobiological Evaluation of the Army Resilience Training

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 91 (actual)
• Sponsor: Military Academy at ETH Zurich · Other Government
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 28 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the influence of a resilience training on psychobiological factors which are related to stress and resilience in young healthy male cadets. Half of participants will join in the resilience training, while the other half take part in a control-training (diversity management training).

Detailed description

The resilience training (Army Resilience Training / ART) is a stress prevention program based on well established methods from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Positive Psychology adapted for the needs of Swiss Armed Forces. ART is designed for healthy subjects to learn how to get over strain. Diversity management training (DMT) aims to promote social skills and acts as control condition. DMT is part of the military training but not mandatory for the study population.

Conditions

• Psychological Stress
• Psychological Adaptation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Army Resilience Training	The Army Resilience Training consists four training sessions of 90 minutes each. Participants learn to reflect their stress management (including thinking, emotions, behavioral consequences; coping strategies) and build resilience using specific strategies.
OTHER	Diversity Management Training	Diversity Management Training consists four training sessions of 90 minutes each. Participants learn about diversity and social awareness reflecting different situations and settings.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-08-14
• Primary completion: 2018-07-31
• Completion: 2018-08-17
• First posted: 2017-08-08
• Last updated: 2019-01-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland