Mindfulness training improves employee well-being: a randomized controlled trial.

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• Personal Author:
  Chin B ; Creswell JD ; Raye J ; Slutsky J
• Description:
  Organizations are turning toward behavioral interventions with the aim of improving employee well-being and job performance. Mindfulness training has been suggested as one type of intervention that can achieve these goals, but few active treatment randomized controlled trials have been conducted. We conducted a randomized controlled trial among employees of a midwestern marketing firm (n = 60) that compared the effects of 6-week mindfulness training program with that of a half-day mindfulness training seminar comparison program on employee well-being outcomes. Although both groups improved comparably on job productivity, the 6-week mindfulness training group had significantly greater improvement in attentional focus at work and decreases in work-life conflict, as well as a marginal improvement in job satisfaction compared with the half-day seminar comparison group. These findings suggest that although small doses of mindfulness training may be sufficient to foster increased perceptions of job productivity, longer term mindfulness training programs are needed to improve focus, job satisfaction, and a positive relationship to work. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Behavior Men Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Women Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Mindfulness; Attention; Well-being; Work; Randomized Controlled Trial Humans; Men; Women; Age Groups; Questionnaires; Workers; Work Environment; Work Performance; Work-life Balance; Workplace Studies; Psychology; Behavior; Intervention;
• ISSN:
  1076-8998
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Florida ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  139-149
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064802
• Citation:
  J Occup Health Psychol 2019 Feb; 24(1):139-149
• Contact Point Address:
  Jeremiah Slutsky, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, PCD 3112, Tampa, FL 33620
• Email:
  jeremiah22@mail.usf.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:
  Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:042d7ded461611513b2920371830f3e064f9499e3ccc875507a4fcfe3a7de4bc13cf5bad2d4f1ba4799ed54e56db69363745906605c536bed7803402196c208e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/249243/cdc_249243_DS1.pdf
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