Morgan James I, Harris Peter R
a Psychology Group , Leeds Beckett University , Leeds , UK.
Anxiety Stress Coping. 2015;28(5):563-75. doi: 10.1080/10615806.2015.1004665. Epub 2015 Feb 4.
Workers were recruited from a UK further education college during a period of organizational downsizing. This study assessed the effects of a brief health psychology intervention on work-related stress in downsize survivors.
Sixty-six employees were randomly allocated to one of two conditions: one in which they were asked to create a work-related self-affirming implementation intention (WS-AII) or a control. Feelings of anxiety and depression were measured before and after the intervention or control task and three weeks later. Job satisfaction, self-efficacy, and self-esteem were also measured.
There were statistically significant differences between the WS-AII condition and the control. Workers who created WS-AIIs reported an immediate reduction in anxiety. This reduction was also observed in their appraisal of job-related anxiety three weeks later. There were no significant effects of WS-AIIs on depression, job satisfaction, or self-esteem. There was, however, a significant effect on self-efficacy with workers in the WS-AII condition reporting greater self-efficacy.
The present findings suggest that the integration of brief health psychology interventions, such as the WS-AII, into existing organizational practice may be of benefit to the well-being of employees.
在一所英国继续教育学院进行机构精简期间招募了一些员工。本研究评估了一项简短的健康心理学干预措施对精简后留存员工工作压力的影响。
66名员工被随机分配到两种情况之一：一种是要求他们制定与工作相关的自我肯定实施意图（WS-AII），另一种是作为对照。在干预或对照任务前后以及三周后测量焦虑和抑郁情绪。还测量了工作满意度、自我效能感和自尊。
WS-AII组与对照组之间存在统计学上的显著差异。制定了WS-AII的员工报告焦虑感立即减轻。三周后在他们对与工作相关焦虑的评估中也观察到了这种减轻。WS-AII对抑郁、工作满意度或自尊没有显著影响。然而，对自我效能感有显著影响，WS-AII组的员工报告自我效能感更高。
目前的研究结果表明，将简短的健康心理学干预措施（如WS-AII）纳入现有的组织实践可能有利于员工的幸福感。
