A randomised trial of Mindfulness-based Social Work and Self-Care with social workers.

ABSTRACT:

Abstract

The primary objective of this study was to examine the effects of a bespoke and innovative six-week online Mindfulness-based Social Work and Self-Care (MBSWSC) programme on the stress, feelings of burnout, anxiety, depression, and well-being of a sample of social workers. This secondary objective was to examine the effectiveness of MBSWSC at improving a number of potentially important mindfulness-based programme mechanisms of action, including mindfulness, attention regulation (decentering), acceptance, self-compassion, non-attachment, aversion, worry and rumination. A randomised controlled trial with repeated measures (pre-post intervention) was conducted to evaluate the effects of MBSWSC against an active control. The active control was a modified mindfulness-based progr

SUBMITTER: Maddock A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9959936 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature