scholarly journals Metacognitive Therapy for Work-Related Stress: A Feasibility Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano De Dominicis ◽  
Maiken Lykke Troen ◽  
Pia Callesen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Feasibility Study ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Metacognitive Therapy ◽  
Work Related Stress ◽  
General Mental Health ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Related Stress

About 25% of EU workers experience work-related stress for all or most of their working time, showing that work-related stress is a major cause of health problems for the EU population. This situation has been worsened even more by the COVID-19 restrictions embraced by employers worldwide. However, a timely and sustainable intervention protocol for treating such issues has not been developed yet. Thus, the present research shows a first effective attempt based on Metacognitive therapy (MCT) to solve this issue. MCT was practiced on four individuals suffering from chronic work-related stress. Primary outcome variables were general mental health, perceived stress, and blood pressure. Participants were assessed at multiple baselines before the start of therapy and then attended a 3- and 6-months follow-up after treatment termination. Results showed significant improvements in general mental health, perceived stress, and blood pressure in each client. Secondary outcome variables improved too—maladaptive coping strategies, avoidance behaviors, and depression symptoms—corroborating the main findings. At 3- and 6-month follow-up, results were maintained. The findings suggest that MCT might be a promising and sustainable intervention for work-related stress, although a metacognitive model for stress and large-scale RCTs need to be developed and carried out to further explore the effect of MCT on stress. Our results represent one of the first attempts to treat work-related stress via Metacognitive Therapy and support the feasibility of the treatment, both in terms of its efficacy and sustainability, in a historical moment in which work-related stress is increased worldwide because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Within such a realm, our feasibility study should be followed by larger and controlled studies that, if successful, would provide various stakeholders—including organizational and institutional decision-makers—with a solid, timely and cost-effective method to help the workforce coping with work-related stress.

scholarly journals Promoting recovery in daily life: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorota Reis ◽  
Alexander Hart ◽  
Dirk Lehr ◽  
Malte Friese
Keyword(s):  
Training Programs ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Online Training ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Main Mechanism ◽  
Work Related Stress ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms

Abstract Background Work-related stress shows steadily increasing prevalence rates and has tangible consequences for individual workers, their organizations, and society as a whole. One mechanism that may help offset the negative outcomes of work-related stress on employees’ well-being is recovery. Recovery refers to the experience of unwinding from one's job when not at work. However, employees who experience high levels of work-related stress and are thus particularly in need of recovery tend to struggle to switch-off. Due to the detrimental effects of this prolonged and sustained mental representation of job stressors, interventions promoting recovery may contribute to improvements in employees' mental health. Methods In this randomized, waitlist controlled trial, we will investigate the effectiveness of two 6-week online training programs (cognitive behavioral and mindfulness-based). The sample will include employees working at least part-time during regular work hours. Besides the pre-post-follow-up assessments, the trial will include measurement bursts with the goal of examining the underlying mechanisms. We expect that both interventions will reduce work-related perseverative thinking (PT) compared with the waitlist control groups (primary outcome). Also, we expect that both interventions will result in similar improvements, but the underlying mechanisms will differ (process outcomes). In the cognitive-behavioral intervention group, we expect that the main mechanism responsible for lower PT levels will be an increase in recovery experiences across time. In the mindfulness-based group, we expect that the main mechanism responsible for lower PT levels will be an increase in facets of mindfulness across time. Discussion In the present study, we will investigate mechanisms underlying assumed changes in work-related PT in great detail. Besides evaluating the overall effectiveness of the two interventions in terms of pre-post-follow-up changes, we will look at the underlying processes at different levels—that is, within days, within weeks, across weeks, and between individuals. Accordingly, our study will offer a fine-grained approach to investigating potential determinants, mediators, and moderators of the processes that may, in the end, be responsible for work-related strain. From a public health perspective, if effective, the online training programs may offer valuable, low-threshold, and low-intensity interventions for a broad range of occupations. Trial registration German Clinical Trials Registration: DRKS00024933. Registered prospectively 7 April 2021. https://www.drks.de/drks_web/navigate.do?navigationId=trial.HTML&TRIAL_ID=DRKS00024933

Mad doctors? The significance of medical practitioners admitted as patients to the first English county asylums up to 1890

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 437-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alannah Tomkins
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Work Related Stress ◽  
Medical Practitioners ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
The Impact

‘Mad doctors’ specialized in treating the insane, but what about the doctors whose own mental health was jeopardized? Oppenheim found that doctors who attended the mad were presumed to be particularly vulnerable, but there has been no research investigating this claim, nor identifying practitioners’ experiences as patients. This article analyses medical admissions to asylums via both case notes and other sources such as newspaper reports, revealing the responses of medical superintendents to their former colleagues and, in some cases, the judgements of practitioners on their institutional surroundings. It indicates the impact of work-related stress, as medicine became self-consciously professional, and the evolution of public reactions to doctors who could not maintain an appropriately sane identity.

Influence of the Supervisory Working Alliance on Supervisee Work Satisfaction and Work-Related Stress

2009 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Sterner
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Working Alliance ◽  
Clinical Supervision ◽  
Work Satisfaction ◽  
Supervisory Working Alliance ◽  
Work Related Stress ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Professional Mental Health ◽  
Academic Settings ◽  
Related Stress

This article presents an empirical study that identified agency supervisees' perceptions of clinical supervision and its influence on work satisfaction and work-related stress in professional settings. Because there is a paucity of literature addressing supervision of professional counselors, there is a need to better understand what influence supervision has beyond academic settings. Participants were 71 members of the American Mental Health Counseling Association who were selected using a criterion-based random sample methodology. The methodology pulls together a unique combination of variables and instruments for exploration with professional mental health counselors. Results revealed relationships between work setting, supervisees' perceptions of the supervisory working alliance, work satisfaction, and work-related stress variables. Implications for practice, training, and research are discussed.

Work-related stress: Implications for physical and mental health

2016 ◽  
Vol 146 (8) ◽  
pp. 359-366
Author(s):  
Ricard Navinés ◽  
Rocío Martín-Santos ◽  
Victòria Olivé ◽  
Manuel Valdés
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Work Related Stress ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Related Stress

Work related stress, burnout, job satisfaction and general health of nurses: A follow-up study

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 538-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasha Khamisa ◽  
Karl Peltzer ◽  
Dragan Ilic ◽  
Brian Oldenburg
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
General Health ◽  
Work Related Stress ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Related Stress

scholarly journals Effects of Social Support on the Stress-Health Relationship: Gender Comparison among Military Personnel

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. 1317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chi-Ming Hsieh ◽  
Bi-Kun Tsai
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Work Related Stress ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
And Gender

The purpose of this study was to investigate how the role of workplace social support and gender affect the relationship between work stress and the physical and mental health of military personnel in Taiwan. The analysis results reveal that military personnel expressed significantly high perceptions of work-related stress. Social support from supervisors and colleagues is a crucial factor in buffering the effect of work-related stress on perceived health, and increasing the physical and mental health among military personnel. This study shows that male personnel who perceived higher stress and gained more social support from supervisors and colleagues than female personnel were less likely to have physical and mental issues than female personnel. Managerial implications and suggestions could serve as references in managing work-related stress, enhancing social support occurring in the military workplace, and reducing job dissatisfaction, which in turn improves the health and well-being of military personnel in Taiwan.

Single-item measures of stress during work- and private time in healthcare workers

Work ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Jonas Vinstrup ◽  
Kenneth Jay ◽  
Markus Due Jakobsen ◽  
Lars L. Andersen
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Private Life ◽  
Work Related Stress ◽  
Single Item ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Time Stress ◽  
Related Stress

BACKGROUND: While the psychosocial work environment within the hospital sector is a topic of great debate, surveys assessing stress often do not differentiate between stress related to work- and private life. Identifying risk factors associated with these domains of daily life would help improve policies as well as target relevant treatment options. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate associations between stress during to work- and private time with Cohen’s Perceived Stress Scale (CPSS). METHODS: Perceived stress was assessed by the full version of CPSS (scores 0–40) as well as by two single-item questions related to stress related to work- and private life, respectively. Associations between these single-items and CPSS were modelled using general linear models controlling for lifestyle factors. RESULTS: Overall, stress due to both work- and private time was strongly associated with CPSS scores. In the full population (n = 3,600), “never experiencing stress” during both work- and private time was associated with low stress scores (6.0, 95%CI 5.1–6.9). “Never experiencing” work-related stress but experiencing private time stress “very often” was associated with high stress scores (22.4, CI 19.8–25.1). Likewise, experiencing work-related stress “very often” but “never experiencing” private time stress was also associated with high stress scores (22.2, CI 20.3–24.2). Lastly, Spearman’s r between the full CPSS and the two single-item questions about work- and private time stress were 0.62 (p <  0.0001) and 0.52 (p <  0.0001), respectively, while the two items were only weakly correlated (r = 0.32). CONCLUSION: The present study shows that perceived stress due to both work and private time is strongly associated with Cohen’s Perceived Stress Scale scores. The results illustrate the feasibility of using single-item questions related to work- and private time in identifying domain-specific risk factors for psychosocial stress.

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