Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) for primary school teachers.

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  • Eluned Gold
  • Alistair Smith
    Lancashire Care Foundation NHS Trust, Preston
  • Ieuan Hopper
    Lancashire Care Foundation NHS Trust, Preston
  • David Herne
    Central Lancashire Primary Care NHS Trust, Leyland,UK
  • Glenis Tansey
    Central Lancashire Primary Care NHS Trust, Leyland,UK
  • Christine Hulland
    Lancashire County Council, Preston, UK
Stress within the teaching profession has a negative impact on the health and well-being of individual teachers and on retention and recruitment for the profession as a whole. There is increasing literature to suggest that Mindfulness is a useful intervention to address a variety of psychological problems, and that Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a particularly helpful intervention for stress. We investigated the effects of teaching a MBSR course to primary school teachers to reduce stress. The MBSR course was taught to a group of primary school teachers and evaluated to establish its effects on levels of anxiety, depression, and stress, as well as movement towards a stated goal and changes in awareness. The results showed improvement for most participants for anxiety, depression, and stress, some of which were statistically significant. There were also significant improvements on two of the four dimensions of a mindfulness skills inventory. These results suggest that this approach could be a potentially cost-effective method to combat teacher stress and burnout.

Allweddeiriau

Iaith wreiddiolSaesneg
Tudalennau (o-i)184-189
Nifer y tudalennau6
CyfnodolynJournal of Child and Family Studies
Cyfrol19
Rhif y cyfnodolyn2
Dynodwyr Gwrthrych Digidol (DOIs)
StatwsCyhoeddwyd - Ebr 2010
Gweld graff cysylltiadau