Section of Personality and Assessment, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich.
J Occup Health Psychol. 2019 Feb;24(1):150-162. doi: 10.1037/ocp0000144.
In recent years, both mindfulness and character strengths have started to garner interest in industrial and organizational psychology. The growing research interest in their effects on employee well-being and performance, individually, has strong practical implications for organizations. Given the interconnection of mindfulness and character strengths, the present study examined the effectiveness of training that combined the two practices regarding well-being and work-related outcomes, and it tested the potential mediators of the effects at work. A total of 63 participants from various job branches were randomly assigned to three conditions: (a) mindfulness-based strengths practice (MBSP), (b) mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), and (c) wait-list control. Participants' applicability of character strengths at work, well-being, perceived stress, job satisfaction, and task performance (supervisor rating) were assessed before and after the intervention, and 1, 3, and 6 months afterward. A set of linear mixed-effects models was applied, modeling changes in participants' outcome variables over time. Potential mediators for the intervention effect of MBSP at work were tested using four criteria adapted from a previous study. Results showed the MBSR was effective for increasing well-being, reducing perceived stress, and increasing job satisfaction, whereas the MBSP was effective for increasing well-being, job satisfaction, and task performance. These findings suggest that mindfulness alone seems to function better when regarding well-being at work, while fusing character strengths on top of it seems to influence the participants, on a motivational level, and thus bolsters task performance. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
近年来，正念和性格优势开始在工业和组织心理学领域引起关注。对它们对员工幸福感和绩效的影响的研究兴趣日益浓厚，这对组织具有很强的实际意义。鉴于正念和性格优势的相互关联，本研究检验了将这两种实践相结合的培训对幸福感和与工作相关的结果的有效性，并测试了工作中影响的潜在中介因素。共有来自不同工作部门的 63 名参与者被随机分配到三个条件：（a）基于正念的优势实践（MBSP），（b）基于正念的减压（MBSR），和（c）候补名单控制。在干预前后以及 1、3 和 6 个月后，评估了参与者在工作中的性格优势适用性、幸福感、感知压力、工作满意度和任务绩效（主管评级）。应用了一组线性混合效应模型，对参与者的结果变量随时间的变化进行建模。使用从先前研究中改编的四项标准测试了 MBSP 在工作中的干预效果的潜在中介因素。结果表明，MBSR 对提高幸福感、减轻感知压力和提高工作满意度有效，而 MBSP 对提高幸福感、工作满意度和任务绩效有效。这些发现表明，仅关注正念时，它似乎在工作中的幸福感方面效果更好，而将性格优势融合在其之上，似乎会从动机层面上影响参与者，从而提高任务绩效。（PsycINFO 数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。
