Mindfulness Goes to Work

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

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“…It has even been shown to delay physical and mental decline with aging (Gard, Hölzel, & Lazar, 2014;Schutte & Malouff, 2014). In addition, mindfulness has been employed with great benefit in schools (Zennerv et al, 2014), businesses (Aikens et al, 2014;Wolever et al, 2012), the armed forces (King et al, 2013), with police and firefighters Williams, Ciarrochi, & Patrick Deane, 2010), and even in prisons (Himelstein, 2011;Sumter, Monk-Turner, & Turner, 2009). …”

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Meditation has stronger relationships with mindfulness, kundalini, and mystical experiences than yoga or prayer

Castro

2015

Consciousness and Cognition

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Meditation has stronger relationships with mindfulness, kundalini, and mystical experiences than yoga or prayer

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2015

Consciousness and Cognition

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“…That said, there are some exemplary studies (e.g. Aikens et al, 2014), which provide a high standard for future research to emulate. Moreover, there are sufficient numbers of high quality studies -with 21 intervention studies scoring 1 on QATQS -to permit the drawing of tentative conclusions.…”

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The impact of mindfulness on well-being and performance in the workplace: an inclusive systematic review of the empirical literature

Lomas

Medina

Ivtzan

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European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

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Work can be demanding, imposing challenges that can be detrimental to the physical and mental health of workers. Efforts are therefore underway to develop practices and initiatives that may improve occupational wellbeing. These include interventions based on mindfulness meditation. This paper offers a systematic review of empirical studies featuring analyses of mindfulness in occupational contexts. Databases were reviewed from the start of records to January 2016. Eligibility criteria included experimental and correlative studies of mindfulness conducted in work settings, with a variety of wellbeing and performance measures. 153 papers met the eligibility criteria and were included in the systematic review, comprising 12,571 participants. Mindfulness was generally associated with positive outcomes in relation to most measures. However, the quality of the studies was inconsistent, so further research is needed, particularly involving high-quality randomised control trials.

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“…There is growing evidence in support of online/web-based mindfulness interventions (Krusche et al, 2012). Studies using online mindfulness interventions revealed a variety of benefits, including improvements to wellbeing (Mak et al, 2015), resilience, and vigour (Aikens et al, 2014), reduced stress, anxiety, and depression (Cavanagh et al, 2013), and improved happiness, quality of life, and flourishing (Feicht et al, 2013), compared to control groups. MBSP: Participants in the MBSP condition logged in each week online, using a password, via the eMindful platform, to connect to the practitioner and the other participants in the group session.…”

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A study investigating the effects of Mindfulness-Based Strengths Practice (MBSP) on wellbeing

Ivtzan

Niemiec²,

Briscoe

2016

Intnl. J. Wellbeing

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Mindfulness practice and character strengths have been determined as being two separate positive psychology interventions (PPIs). However, to date, no programme has researched and investigated the effects of combining these theoretically interlinked practices together, with the aim of enhancing wellbeing from a positive psychology perspective. The current controlled study was designed to establish the effectiveness of an 8-week online mindfulnessbased character strengths practice (MBSP) on wellbeing, for the general population. Nineteen participants completed the MBSP programme, and 20 participants were placed in a nointervention control group. Self-report questionnaires, including Satisfaction With Life Scale, Flourishing Scale, Positive Psychotherapy Inventory, and a Signature Strengths Inventory Scale, were used to evaluate the levels of wellbeing and flourishing pre-and post-intervention. Wilcoxon signed-rank tests found that MBSP participants scored significantly higher in all four measures post-MBSP, whereas participants in the control group did not, with the only exception of a slight increase in satisfaction with life scores. The study found MBSP to be the first PPI programme aimed at the general population, which explicitly focuses on character strengths to elicit significant positive changes and increase levels of wellbeing. Given our preliminary results, larger samples utilising randomised control trial methods should attempt to confirm these preliminary findings. The programme's future is promising, since its application appears to have great potential to positively influence people's lives, thus moving closer to the goal of increasing societal flourishing.

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Mindfulness Goes to Work

Abstract: 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.

Cited by 275 publications

References 51 publications

Meditation has stronger relationships with mindfulness, kundalini, and mystical experiences than yoga or prayer

Meditation has stronger relationships with mindfulness, kundalini, and mystical experiences than yoga or prayer

The impact of mindfulness on well-being and performance in the workplace: an inclusive systematic review of the empirical literature

A study investigating the effects of Mindfulness-Based Strengths Practice (MBSP) on wellbeing

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