Journal Article

Mindfulness Goes to Work

Aikens, Kimberly A., Baase, Catherine M., Bodnar, Catherine M., Astin, John, Pelletier, Kenneth R., Levanovich, Kristin, Park, Yeo Yung

2014

Overview

OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to determine whether a mindfulness program, created for the workplace, was both practical and efficacious in decreasing employee stress while enhancing resiliency and well-being. METHODS:Participants (89) recruited from The Dow Chemical Company were selected and randomly assigned to an online mindfulness intervention (n = 44) or wait-list control (n = 45). Participants completed the Perceived Stress Scale, the Five Facets of Mindfulness Questionnaire, the Connor-Davidson Resiliency Scale, and the Shirom Vigor Scale at pre- and postintervention and 6-month follow-up. RESULTS:The results indicated that the mindfulness intervention group had significant decreases in perceived stress as well as increased mindfulness, resiliency, and vigor. CONCLUSIONS:This online mindfulness intervention seems to be both practical and effective in decreasing employee stress, while improving resiliency, vigor, and work engagement, thereby enhancing overall employee well-being.

• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a business of Wolters Kluwer Health,Copyright by the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine,Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies
• Subject: Adult / Biological and medical sciences / Employee attitude / Fast Track Article / Female / Humans / Intervention / Male / Medical sciences / Mindfulness / Occupational health / Occupational medicine / Occupational stress / Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine / Stress, Psychological - epidemiology / Surveys and Questionnaires / Treatment Outcome / Waiting Lists / Workplace - psychology