Evaluation of a Brief Mindfulness-Based Intervention to Reduce Psychological Distress in the Workplace

Mindfulness, mental health and emotion regulation among workers

“…The aim of the present study was to assess the efficacy of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention (MBI) recently developed by Grégoire and Lachance (2015). The authors have shown that this intervention helps to reduce psychological distress among call center employees.…”

“…According to a growing number of researchers, mental health measures should not only include manifestations of psychological distress but manifestations of psychological wellbeing as well (Massé et al, 1998). Secondly, this study explores the effect of Grégoire and Lachance's (2015) intervention on two critical emotion regulation abilities among call center employees (i.e., emotion awareness and impulse control). It has been shown that the extent to which these employees are aware of their own emotions (as well as those of their clients) and refrain from impulsive or reactive behavior when experiencing negative emotions positively affects both their performance (Nel & De Villiers, 2004;Shamsuddin & Rahman, 2014) and their job satisfaction (Çekmecelioğlu, Günsel, & Ulutaş, 2012).…”

“…Although promising studies have been conducted recently on the role of mindfulness for emotion regulation at work (Hülsheger, Alberts, Feinholdt, & Lang, 2013), research in this field is still scarce (Glomb, Duffy, Bono, & Yang, 2011). Third, the effects of the intervention developed by Grégoire and Lachance (2015) were assessed using a three months follow-up period. As noted by Virgili (2013), the longer-term impact of MBIs in the workplace are rarely assessed.…”

“…As noted by Virgili (2013), the longer-term impact of MBIs in the workplace are rarely assessed. Fourth, compared to Grégoire and Lachance's (2015) original study, the current research took into account employees' compliance with the intervention. According to Goyal et al (2014), it is important to control for this variable since participants' level of engagement in MBIs may moderate their effectiveness.…”

“…This study reports results from a semi-randomized controlled trial of a brief Mindfulness-Based Intervention (MBI) (Grégoire & Lachance, 2015) delivered in audio format. A pretest-posttest switching-replication design was used to assess changes in mindfulness, mental health (psychological wellbeing, psychological distress, stress and burnout) and emotion regulation (emotion awareness and impulse control) among forty-one (N = 41) employees working in a call center.…”