1. Evaluating the effectiveness of enhancing resilience in human service professionals using a retreat-based Mindfulness with Metta Training Program: A randomised control trial.
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Pidgeon, Aileen M., Ford, Lucas, and Klaassen, Frances
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STATISTICAL correlation , *INTERVIEWING , *LONGITUDINAL method , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience , *SELF-perception , *SOCIAL workers , *STATISTICS , *T-test (Statistics) , *ADULT education workshops , *PILOT projects , *DATA analysis , *RANDOMIZED controlled trials , *RESEARCH methodology evaluation , *EVALUATION of human services programs , *DATA analysis software , *MINDFULNESS , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
This paper explores the feasibility of a brief Mindfulness with Metta Training Program (MMTP), targeting the enhancement of mindfulness and self-compassion in a retreat format, as a means of increasing resilience in human services professionals. In this randomised control trial, 44 human services professionals were randomly allocated either to a MMTP retreat group or to a control group. Following the MMTP intervention, no significant differences between the retreat and control groups were found on resilience, mindfulness and self-compassion variables. However, significant improvements were observed over time for the retreat group for mindfulness and self-compassion at one and four months and for resilience at four-months post MMTP intervention. The results of this pilot study show that MMTP in a retreat format is a promising method of increasing resilience, mindfulness and self-compassion in human services professionals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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