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01-04-2010 | Original Paper

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for Primary School Teachers

Auteurs: Eluned Gold, Alistair Smith, Ieuan Hopper, David Herne, Glenis Tansey, Christine Hulland

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 2/2010

Abstract

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.

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Titel: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for Primary School Teachers
Auteurs: Eluned Gold
Alistair Smith
Ieuan Hopper
David Herne
Glenis Tansey
Christine Hulland
Publicatiedatum: 01-04-2010
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 2/2010
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-009-9344-0

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