The effectiveness of brief workplace compassion-focussed training in improving wellbeing of stressed school employees

IF 2 4区 管理学 Q3 BUSINESS
Karyn L Healy, Kirsty Payne, James N Kirby
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Australian teachers and school employees report high levels of stress-related mental health problems. Previous theory and research show that workplace training in strategies to manage stress can improve organisational productivity as well as employee wellbeing. Theory suggests that self-compassion strategies may produce better outcomes, than standard cognitive behavioural training interventions, due to activation of self-soothing. This pilot randomised controlled trial evaluated whether inclusion of a brief compassion-focussed therapy (CFT) training workshop was more effective in reducing stress-related mental health problems of school employees, than the standard professional development (PD) workshop that incorporated cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness strategies. School employees (103) were recruited and randomly allocated to either the standard PD alone or to also participate in a brief CFT workshop. There were very large reductions in burnout and clinically significant improvements in mental health problems under both conditions. The results provide preliminary evidence that CFT-enhanced training improves secondary traumatic stress and compassion satisfaction; further research needs to be conducted with a larger sample. These results may also be relevant to other occupations with a high emotional load.JEL Classification: I310
以工作场所同情心为重点的简短培训对改善压力过大的学校员工的身心健康的效果
澳大利亚教师和学校雇员报告的与压力相关的心理健康问题居高不下。以往的理论和研究表明,在工作场所开展压力管理策略培训可以提高组织的生产力和员工的幸福感。理论表明,与标准的认知行为培训干预相比,自我同情策略由于激活了自我安慰,可能会产生更好的效果。这项试点随机对照试验评估了与包含认知行为疗法和正念策略的标准职业发展(PD)研讨会相比,是否加入简短的同情焦点疗法(CFT)培训研讨会能更有效地减少学校员工与压力相关的心理健康问题。研究人员招募了103名学校员工,并随机分配他们参加标准的专业发展课程,或同时参加简短的心理创伤疗法研修班。在这两种情况下,倦怠感都有了很大程度的减轻,心理健康问题也有了显著的临床改善。研究结果初步证明,CFT 强化培训可以改善继发性创伤压力和同情满意度;进一步的研究需要更多的样本。这些结果可能也适用于其他情绪负荷较高的职业:I310
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期刊介绍: The objectives of the Australian Journal of Management are to encourage and publish research in the field of management. The terms management and research are both broadly defined. The former includes the management of firms, groups, industries, regulatory bodies, government, and other institutions. The latter encompasses both discipline- and problem-based research. Consistent with the policy, the Australian Journal of Management publishes research in accounting, applied economics, finance, industrial relations, political science, psychology, statistics, and other disciplines, provided the application is to management, as well as research in areas such as marketing, corporate strategy, operations management, organisation development, decision analysis, and other problem-focuses paradigms.
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