ArticleFrontiers in psychology2018
Promoting the Self-Regulation of Stress in Health Care Providers: An Internet-Based Intervention.
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- Trends in Effectiveness of Organizational eHealth Interventions in Addressing Employee Mental Health: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
- Bottom-Up Interventions Effective in Promoting Work Engagement: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
- Individual-Level Interventions for Decreasing Job-Related Stress and Enhancing Coping Strategies Among Nurses: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
- A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Mental Contrasting With Implementation Intentions on Goal Attainment.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
- Tai Chi and Workplace Wellness for Health Care Workers: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Lifestyle Health Promotion Interventions for Nurses: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
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- Effectiveness of Digital Interventions for Deficit-Oriented and Asset-Oriented Psychological Outcomes in the Workplace: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2022Review
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Abstract
The aim of our internet-based intervention study was to find out whether healthcare professionals can autonomously down-regulate the stress they experience at their workplace, using an established self-regulation tool called Mental Contrasting with Implementation Intentions (MCII). Applying MCII to reduce stress implied for our participants to repeatedly engage in a mental exercise that (1) required specifying a wish related to reducing stress, (2) identifying and imagining its most desired positive outcome, (3) detecting and imagining the obstacle that holds them back, and (4) coming up with an if-then plan on how to overcome it. We recruited on-line nurses employed at various health institutions all over Germany, and randomly assigned participants to one of three groups. In the MCII group (
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