INS NYC 2024 Program

Poster	Poster Session 05 Program Schedule 02/15/2024 02:30 pm - 03:45 pm Room: Shubert Complex (Posters 1-60) Poster Session 05: Neuropsychiatry \| Addiction/Dependence \| Stress/Coping \| Emotional/Social Processes Final Abstract #38 Improvement in the Clinical Scales of the Personality Assessment Inventory Following Emotional Intelligence Training in an Active-Duty Military Sample Palmer Grabner, Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN) Lab, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States Lindsey Hildebrand, Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN) Lab, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States Melissa Reich-Fuehrer, Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN) Lab, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States Shivani Desai, Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN) Lab, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States Alisa Huskey, Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN) Lab, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States William Killgore, Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN) Lab, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States Category: Psychiatric Disorders Keyword 1: schizophrenia Keyword 2: anxiety Keyword 3: treatment outcome Objective: Servicemembers face numerous mental health challenges that impact them emotionally, physically, and cognitively. These unique experiences related to military service can make it hard to reintegrate back into civilian life. Some of the most prominent psychological struggles to arise in Servicemembers are depression, and traumatic stress (Inoue et al., 2023). Lower ability emotional intelligence (EI) is associated with more severe mental health outcomes, such as depression (Fernández-Berrocal & Extremera, 2016). To address this issue, we recently developed an EI training program to build resilience skills. We hypothesized that our EI training program (EIT) would reduce the mean clinical elevation score on the Personality Assessment Inventory among active-duty military personnel. Participants and Methods: The sample included 156 active-duty military Service members with a mean age of 30.3 years of age (SD=5.7). The EIT program was completed online and taught basic emotional intelligence concepts to apply those skills to emotional scenarios (N_EIT=84). The Placebo Training (PAT) program focused on the observation of how living things use energy (N_PAT=72). Participants were randomly assigned to participate in either the PAT or EIT program over the course of three weeks (~10 hours training). Participants completed the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI), which assess psychopathology and personality, pre- and post-training. We calculated the mean clinical elevation (MCE): which encompasses the mean scores of eleven clinical subscales: depression, somatic concerns, borderline features, antisocial features, drug problems, anxiety, anxiety related disorders, mania, paranoia, schizophrenia, and alcohol problems. We used repeated measures ANCOVAs to assess effects of intervention program on MCE and its components. Results: We found a significant interaction between mean clinical elevation and the assigned training program (F(1, 152)=7.958,p=.005, η_p² =.050) when controlling for age and education. There was a significant reduction in the mean clinical elevation from pre-training (M=53.301, SE=.746) to post-training (M=51.301, SE=.772) in the EIT condition (p<.001), but not for PAT (pre-training M=52.552, SE=.806); post-training M=52.176, SE=.834; p=.373). For the component scores, there was a significant interaction of training program on reported somatic complaints (F(1,154)=9.097, p=.003,η_p² =.056), anxiety-related disorders (F(1,154)=4.027, p=.042,η_p² =.027), paranoia F(1, 154)=3.894,p=.050, η_p² =.025), and schizophrenia (F(1,154)=3.965, p=.048,η_p² =.025). Those in the EIT program experienced a significant reduction in these clinical scales from pre to post (p Conclusions: Overall, there was a significant reduction in overall mean clinical elevation, schizophrenia, anxiety related disorders, paranoia, and somatic complaints for personnel who were assigned to the EIT program. This is significant as it provides an intervention for the reduction of these clinical scales that can be administered remotely in as little as 10 to-12 hours. Future research should focus on shortening the EIT by identifying the specific modules of the program that are most effective at reducing clinical outcomes.

Poster

02/15/2024
02:30 pm - 03:45 pm
Room: Shubert Complex (Posters 1-60)

Poster Session 05: Neuropsychiatry | Addiction/Dependence | Stress/Coping | Emotional/Social Processes

Final Abstract #38

Improvement in the Clinical Scales of the Personality Assessment Inventory Following Emotional Intelligence Training in an Active-Duty Military Sample

Palmer Grabner, Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN) Lab, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States
Lindsey Hildebrand, Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN) Lab, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States
Melissa Reich-Fuehrer, Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN) Lab, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States
Shivani Desai, Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN) Lab, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States
Alisa Huskey, Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN) Lab, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States
William Killgore, Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN) Lab, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States

Category: Psychiatric Disorders

Keyword 1: schizophrenia
Keyword 2: anxiety
Keyword 3: treatment outcome

Objective:

Servicemembers face numerous mental health challenges that impact them emotionally, physically, and cognitively. These unique experiences related to military service can make it hard to reintegrate back into civilian life. Some of the most prominent psychological struggles to arise in Servicemembers are depression, and traumatic stress (Inoue et al., 2023). Lower ability emotional intelligence (EI) is associated with more severe mental health outcomes, such as depression (Fernández-Berrocal & Extremera, 2016). To address this issue, we recently developed an EI training program to build resilience skills. We hypothesized that our EI training program (EIT) would reduce the mean clinical elevation score on the Personality Assessment Inventory among active-duty military personnel.

Participants and Methods:

The sample included 156 active-duty military Service members with a mean age of 30.3 years of age (SD=5.7). The EIT program was completed online and taught basic emotional intelligence concepts to apply those skills to emotional scenarios (N_EIT=84). The Placebo Training (PAT) program focused on the observation of how living things use energy (N_PAT=72). Participants were randomly assigned to participate in either the PAT or EIT program over the course of three weeks (~10 hours training). Participants completed the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI), which assess psychopathology and personality, pre- and post-training. We calculated the mean clinical elevation (MCE): which encompasses the mean scores of eleven clinical subscales: depression, somatic concerns, borderline features, antisocial features, drug problems, anxiety, anxiety related disorders, mania, paranoia, schizophrenia, and alcohol problems. We used repeated measures ANCOVAs to assess effects of intervention program on MCE and its components.

Results:

We found a significant interaction between mean clinical elevation and the assigned training program (F(1, 152)=7.958,p=.005, η_p² =.050) when controlling for age and education. There was a significant reduction in the mean clinical elevation from pre-training (M=53.301, SE=.746) to post-training (M=51.301, SE=.772) in the EIT condition (p<.001), but not for PAT (pre-training M=52.552, SE=.806); post-training M=52.176, SE=.834; p=.373). For the component scores, there was a significant interaction of training program on reported somatic complaints (F(1,154)=9.097, p=.003,η_p² =.056), anxiety-related disorders (F(1,154)=4.027, p=.042,η_p² =.027), paranoia F(1, 154)=3.894,p=.050, η_p² =.025), and schizophrenia (F(1,154)=3.965, p=.048,η_p² =.025). Those in the EIT program experienced a significant reduction in these clinical scales from pre to post (p

Conclusions:

Overall, there was a significant reduction in overall mean clinical elevation, schizophrenia, anxiety related disorders, paranoia, and somatic complaints for personnel who were assigned to the EIT program. This is significant as it provides an intervention for the reduction of these clinical scales that can be administered remotely in as little as 10 to-12 hours. Future research should focus on shortening the EIT by identifying the specific modules of the program that are most effective at reducing clinical outcomes.