Positive mental health effects of the Coping With Strain (CWS) course on employees: a four-year longitudinal randomized controlled trial
Autor: | Nikolai Olavi Czajkowski, Kristian Tambs, Arne Holte, Gry Anette Sælid, Leif Edvard Aarø |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
Předmět: |
030506 rehabilitation
Coping (psychology) Health Policy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Target groups Intervention group Vitality Mental health law.invention 03 medical and health sciences Psychiatry and Mental health 0302 clinical medicine Randomized controlled trial law 030212 general & internal medicine 0305 other medical science Psychology Clinical psychology |
Zdroj: | International Journal of Mental Health Promotion. 18:158-175 |
ISSN: | 2049-8543 1462-3730 |
DOI: | 10.1080/14623730.2016.1196231 |
Popis: | The Coping With Strain (CWS) course is a modified version of the Coping With Depression (CWD) course. CWD has been shown to reduce depression in several target groups. However, no other study has tested a modified CWD course delivered at the workplace to promote mental health. As mental health problems among employees remain a neglected area in many countries, and initiatives at the workplace often lack documentation of effects, we tested the effects of CWS on self-esteem, self-efficacy and vitality. After advertisement at workplaces, 119 employees were randomized into Intervention Group 1 (IG1), which immediately participated in CWS, or Intervention Group 2 (IG2), which functioned as a control group for six months until its participation in CWS. The follow-up period lasted for four years in both IG1 and IG2. Linear mixed models were fitted to the data. Self-efficacy, self-esteem and vitality increased significantly during the course and showed further significantly elevated levels at the follow-u... |
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