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Esther I de Bruin1, Simon Valentin2, Jeanine M D Baartmans3
1University of Amsterdam, Research Institute of Child Development and Education (RICDE), Research Priority Area Yield, Nieuwe Achtergracht 127, 1018 WS, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; UvA Minds, Academic Treatment Center for Parents and Children, Banstraat 29, 1071 JW, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Background:
Mindful2Work is a 6-week program combining physical activity, yoga and mindfulness meditations, targeting (work-related) stress complaints from a body-mind perspective.
Materials And Methods:
We combined a top-down approach (researcher-driven outcome measures) with a bottom-up approach (personal goals and interview data) to investigate the effects on 98 employees with at least moderate (work-related) stress. Effects on personal goals, well-being (stress, anxiety, depression, sleep, affect, happiness), functioning at work (dropout, mental and physical workability, work satisfaction), and training-specific aspects (mindful awareness, self-compassion, emotion regulation strategies) were assessed.
Results:
Nearly all measures showed no change during the wait-list period, with only negative affect and physical workability showing small statistically significant improvements. Medium to large effect size improvements directly after training and at all follow-ups were found on primary outcomes stress (0.62-1.17), and risk for dropout from work (0.55-1.00), and largest effects occurred on personal goals (0.98-1.46). Improvements in well-being and functioning at work were medium directly after training, and at follow-up 1 (six weeks later) and 2 (six months later), and large at follow-up 3 (one year later). The training-specific measures showed small to medium effects after training and at follow-up 1. Further, from the interviews (n = 9), two main categories of effects emerged: well-being and acquired insights.
Conclusion:
Mindful2Work showed substantial and long-lasting improvements according to researcher-driven measures as well as participants' own reports.
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