Bonde Emilie Hasager, Mikkelsen Eva Gemzøe, Fjorback Lone Overby, Juul Lise
Danish Center for Mindfulness, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Department of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Front Psychol. 2023 Mar 7;14:1112907. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1112907. eCollection 2023.
Through the past decades, the mental health of the European population has been continuously declining. Social relations in various spheres of life, including workplace settings, have been shown to impact mental health. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) has been found effective in enhancing well-being, and reducing perceived stress, and symptoms of depression and anxiety. Research into mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) in workplace settings has shown that these interventions may positively affect workplace outcomes, such as interpersonal relations. However, research regarding the organizational impacts of MBIs is still nascent. The objective of this study was to investigate how an organizational-level mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) including a workplace-adapted MBSR programme may impact workplace social capital and psychological safety.
Four small and medium-sized private companies were included in this study, representing 368 employees and managers. The intervention consisted of three steps: 1. Mandatory participation in introductory sessions on mental health and mindfulness, 2. Voluntary participation in a 10-week workplace-adapted MBSR programme, and 3. A workshop for selected employee representatives and managers on further implementation of mindfulness. Data was collected using pre and post-intervention focus group interviews. In total, 27 interviews including 76 respondents were conducted. Verbatim transcription was performed. Data was analyzed using deductive content analysis with theoretical frameworks for social capital and psychological safety.
The analysis resulted in three main categories: 1. Social capital (1.1. bonding social capital, 1.2. bridging social capital, 1.3. linking social capital), 2. Psychological safety, and 3. Emergent theme: The role of lockdown on the perceived organizational impact of a workplace MBI. The greatest impact was found relating to the bridging social capital, i.e., social capital between departments, and psychological safety among colleagues at the same level of employment.
The results indicate that company participation in this organizational-level MBI including a workplace-adapted MBSR programme may positively impact social relations at work, especially the bridging social capital and psychological safety between colleagues at the same level of employment. These results may have been influenced by lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
在过去几十年里，欧洲人口的心理健康状况持续下降。生活各个领域的社会关系，包括工作场所的社会关系，已被证明会影响心理健康。基于正念的减压疗法（MBSR）已被证明在提升幸福感、减轻感知压力以及缓解抑郁和焦虑症状方面有效。对工作场所基于正念的干预措施（MBIs）的研究表明，这些干预措施可能对工作场所的成果产生积极影响，如人际关系。然而，关于MBIs对组织影响的研究仍处于起步阶段。本研究的目的是调查包括适用于工作场所的MBSR计划在内的基于组织层面的正念干预（MBI）如何影响工作场所的社会资本和心理安全感。
本研究纳入了四家中小型私营公司，代表368名员工和管理人员。干预包括三个步骤：1. 强制参加心理健康和正念入门课程；2. 自愿参加为期10周的适用于工作场所的MBSR计划；3. 为选定的员工代表和管理人员举办关于进一步实施正念的研讨会。使用干预前和干预后的焦点小组访谈收集数据。总共进行了27次访谈，包括76名受访者。进行了逐字转录。使用基于社会资本和心理安全感理论框架的演绎性内容分析法对数据进行分析。
分析得出三个主要类别：1. 社会资本（1.1. 凝聚性社会资本，1.2. 桥梁性社会资本，1.3. 连接性社会资本）；2. 心理安全感；3. 新出现的主题：封锁对工作场所MBI的感知组织影响的作用。发现最大的影响与桥梁性社会资本有关，即部门之间的社会资本，以及同一就业水平同事之间的心理安全感。
结果表明，公司参与包括适用于工作场所的MBSR计划在内的这种组织层面的MBI可能对工作中的社会关系产生积极影响，特别是同一就业水平同事之间的桥梁性社会资本和心理安全感。这些结果可能受到了新冠疫情封锁措施的影响。
