Fostering Resilience among Mothers under Stress: "Authentic Connections Groups" for Medical Professionals.
| Autor: | Luthar SS; Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. Electronic address: Suniya.Luthar@asu.edu., Curlee A; Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona., Tye SJ; Department of Psychiatry & Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota., Engelman JC; Private Practice, Scottsdale, Arizona., Stonnington CM; Department of Psychiatry & Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health [Womens Health Issues] 2017 May - Jun; Vol. 27 (3), pp. 382-390. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Apr 14. |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.whi.2017.02.007 |
| Abstrakt: | Background: We report on effects of an intervention to foster resilience among professional women at high risk for stress and burnout: health care providers (physicians, PhD clinicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners) who are mothers. Methods: Between February and November 2015, 40 mothers on staff at the Mayo Clinic, Arizona, were assigned randomly to either 1) 12 weekly 1-hour sessions of a structured, relational supportive intervention, the Authentic Connections Groups (n = 21) with protected time to attend sessions or to 2) 12 weekly hours of protected time to be used as desired (controls; n = 19). Participants were assessed at baseline, after the intervention, and 3 months follow-up on multiple psychological measures plus plasma cortisol. Results: Across the 12 weeks of the intervention groups, there were zero dropouts. After the intervention, analyses of covariance showed significantly greater improvements (p < .05) for mothers in the Authentic Connections Groups than control condition for depression and global symptoms. By 3 months follow-up, significant differences were seen for these two dimensions and almost all other central variables, including self-compassion, feeling loved, physical affection received, and parenting stress, with moderate effect sizes (η Conclusions: Facilitated colleague support groups could be a viable, low-cost, preventive intervention to mitigate burnout and distress for mothers in high-stress professional settings such as hospitals, resulting in personal benefit, greater engagement at work, and attenuated stress associated with parenting. (Copyright © 2017 Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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