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Evaluating the effectiveness of enhancing resilience in human service professionals using a retreat-based Mindfulness with Metta Training Program: A randomised control trial.
- Source :
- Psychology, Health & Medicine; May2014, Vol. 19 Issue 3, p355-364, 10p, 1 Diagram, 1 Chart
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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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]
- Subjects :
- 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
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13548506
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Psychology, Health & Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 94662011
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2013.806815