Mindfulness: an upward spiral process to combat depression Abstract
Streszczenie
Introduction: Many studies proved detrimental effects of depression at the workplace in terms of reducing employee
performance, increased absenteeism and other psychological, physical and mental distress. Organizations are driving
specific interventions and training services to reduce potential negative outcomes of depression and one such intervention
that needs to be researched is mindfulness. We postulate that a depressed individuals when engage in mindfulness
practice, increases positivity and set an upward spiral processes that broaden the potentials that originate in mind and
improves coping potential through positive reappraisal.
Material and methods: The participants (N = 155) enrolled in 8 week’s Mindfulness Based Symptom Management
(MBSM) program were contacted to take part in the study, 105 participants volunteered to take part in the study. The
study used SPSS Amos to test the model.
Results and conclusions: The results indicate that mindfulness change reduces depression and the relation between
mindfulness and depression was mediated partially through positive reappraisal. The study also tests competing model
with change in rumination, although mindfulness program helped participants in reducing rumination it did not mediate
the relationship.
Słowa kluczowe: mindfulnesspositive reappraisalruminationand depression
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