Mindfulness-Based Training Interventions for Employees: A Qualitative Review of the Literature

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• Personal Author:
  Allen TD ; Conley KM ; Eby LT ; Henderson TG ; Mancini VS ; Williamson RL
• Description:
  We provide a comprehensive qualitative review of 67 published studies that have examined mindfulness-based training interventions conducted with employees. The findings indicate that the most common research designs were the pre-test/post-test only design (35.8%) and the randomized waitlist control group design (26.9%). About two-thirds of the studies included a control group (61.2%), with approximately three-quarters (75.6%) of these studies using random assignment. Of the 63 studies that used a conventional experimental design, the majority (65.1%) included only one follow-up assessment, most often immediately after training. Results indicated a great degree of heterogeneity in terms of program content, although many studies used some adaptation of Kabat-Zinn's (1990) Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (41.8%), an approach with a strong evidentiary base with clinical populations. All training programs incorporated practice, most (85.1%) used multiple methods of delivering the training material, and training varied considerably in total duration, session length, and the number of training sessions. Our review also found that the intended purpose of mindfulness-based training for employees was most commonly the reduction of stress/strain (80.6%), although a wide range of other targeted outcomes were documented. Based on our findings, we offer suggestions for future research aimed at advancing our understanding of mindfulness-based training interventions with employees. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Mindfulness Employees Literature Review Mindfulness Training Statistical Analysis Stress Stress And Well-being Training Work Environment Workers
• ISSN:
  1053-4822
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Georgia ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  156-178
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064613
• Citation:
  Hum Resour Manage Rev 2019 Jun; 29(2):156-178
• Contact Point Address:
  Lillian T. Eby, 228 Psychology Building, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
• Email:
  leby@uga.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Human Resource Management Review
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223047/cdc_223047_DS1.pdf
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