The effects of a mindfulness‐based stress reduction program on stress, mindfulness self‐efficacy, and positive states of mind

Chang, Vickie Y.; Palesh, Oxana; Caldwell, Rebecca; Glasgow, Nathan G.; Abramson, Mark; Luskin, Frederic; Gill, Michelle M.; Burke, Adam; Koopman, Cheryl

doi:10.1002/smi.1011

Cited by 172 publications

(126 citation statements)

References 23 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

114

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…First, we found no evidence of a multiplicative effect due to arousal, whereby increased pacemaker speed produces larger overestimates of duration as the length of the stimulus duration increases. Second, mindfulness meditation is widely accepted as producing a reduction in stress and arousal (e.g., Chang et al, 2004;Chu, 2010;Cincotta, Gehrman, Gooneratne, & Baime, 2011) rather than an increase. Third, previous research has already established a link between focussed attention during meditation and activation in multiple brain regions associated with attention/monitoring (e.g.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Effect of Mindfulness Meditation on Time Perception

Kramer¹,

Ulrich²,

Sharma³

2013

PsycEXTRA Dataset

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Research has increasingly focussed on the benefits of meditation in everyday life and performance. Mindfulness in particular improves attention, working memory capacity, and reading comprehension. Given its emphasis on moment-to-moment awareness, we hypothesised that mindfulness meditation would alter time perception. Using a within-subjects design, participants carried out a temporal bisection task, where several probe durations are compared to "short" and "long" standards. Following this, participants either listened to an audiobook or a meditation that focussed on the movement of breath in the body. Finally, participants completed the temporal bisection task for a second time. The control group showed no change after the listening task. However, meditation led to a relative overestimation of durations. Within an internal clock framework, a change in attentional resources can produce longer perceived durations. This meditative effect has wider implications for the use of mindfulness as an everyday practice and a basis for clinical treatment.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Effect of Mindfulness Meditation on Time Perception

Kramer¹,

Ulrich²,

Sharma³

2013

PsycEXTRA Dataset

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Studies have shown that the MBSR-programme can help to diminish psychosomatic symptoms among a broad spectrum of people working in a number of different occupations (Chang et al, 2004;Shapiro, Astin, Bishop, & Cordova, 2005). In a pilot study Napoli (2004) showed that teachers who followed the MBSR-programme improved in their abilities to deal with conflict and anxiety, whereby they were less prone to experience a chronic stress level, eventually resulting in burnout.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Feelings of existential fulfilment and burnout among secondary school teachers

Loonstra

Brouwers

Tomic

2009

Teaching and Teacher Education

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

a b s t r a c tTeacher burnout is recognized as a serious problem. In research it has been related to many personspecific variables; one of these, the variable of existential fulfilment, has received very little attention thus far. The present study focuses on the relationship between existential fulfilment and burnout among secondary school teachers in the Netherlands (N ¼ 504). Existential fulfilment was made operational by means of the Existential Fulfilment Scale, which distinguishes between three dimensions: self-acceptance, self-actualization, and self-transcendence. A confirmatory factor analysis revealed a threedimensional construct with interdependent dimensions. Burnout was measured by the Dutch version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory for teachers. Negative relationships between the existential fulfilment dimensions on the one hand and the burnout dimensions exhaustion and cynicism on the other were hypothesized, as well as positive relationships between the existential fulfilment dimensions and the burnout dimension professional efficacy. The hypotheses were confirmed, except for the relationships between self-transcendence and exhaustion and self-transcendence and cynicism, which appeared not to be significant. The inquiry demonstrated the importance of existential fulfilment for the prevalence and prevention of burnout among teachers. The study concludes with a discussion of the implications for future research.

show abstract

“…A possible intervention aimed at prevention of burnout, could be a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) training program, supplemented with cognitive elements aimed to help teachers reflect on strategies to cope with the demands of life and work. Studies have shown that the MBSR-program can help to diminish psychosomatic symptoms among a broad spectrum of people working in a number of different occupations (Chang et al, 2004;Shapiro, Astin, Bishop, & Cordova, 2005). In a pilot study Napoli (2004) showed that teachers who followed the MBSR-program improved in their abilities to deal with conflict and anxiety, whereby they were less prone to experience a chronic stress level, eventually resulting in burnout.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Job demands, job control, social support and self-efficacy beliefs as determinants of burnout among physical education teachers

Brouwers¹,

Tomic²,

Boluijt³

2011

PsycEXTRA Dataset

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The aim of the present study, which involved 311 Physical Education (PE) teachers in Dutch schools, was to examine the relationships between job demands, job control, social support and perceived self-efficacy on the one hand and teacher burnout on the other. Based on Karasek's Demands-Control-Support model (1990), it was expected that perceived stringent job demands in combination with perceived lack of control on the job and perceived lack of social support from colleagues, principals and managers could so affect teachers' health that they were likely to suffer from enhanced levels of burnout. Our study partly confirmed results based on the Karasek model. It was also expected that the number of domain-determined self-efficacy beliefs concerning the influence teachers had on job demands would affect their level of burnout. However, this supposition was not supported. Perceived job control was found to have a moderating effect on the relationship between perceived job demands on the one hand and the emotional exhaustion and depersonalization dimensions of burnout on the other. Colleague support had a moderating effect on the relationship between job demands and the personal accomplishment dimension of burnout, whereas managerial support had a moderating effect on self-efficacy beliefs concerning teachers' influence on job demands and personal accomplishment. The study further revealed that PE teachers run a greater risk of falling victim to burnout as they grow older. Implications for future studies are discussed.

show abstract

The effects of a mindfulness‐based stress reduction program on stress, mindfulness self‐efficacy, and positive states of mind

Cited by 172 publications

References 23 publications

The Effect of Mindfulness Meditation on Time Perception

The Effect of Mindfulness Meditation on Time Perception

Feelings of existential fulfilment and burnout among secondary school teachers

Job demands, job control, social support and self-efficacy beliefs as determinants of burnout among physical education teachers

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About