Objectives: There is evidence that yoga practice is associated with decreased stress, worry, and depression, and with improved mindfulness-based skills. These findings had not been previously replicated for a sample of college students. This study evaluated whether iRest yoga-nidra practice was associated with reduced perceived stress, worry, and depression, and increased mindfulness in a sample of college student s. Methods: Sixty-six students age 18-56 completed an 8-week iRest yoga-nidra intervention that was offered for 8 semesters. Assessment occurred 1 week prior to intervention onset and during the class period following the intervention. Qualitative data were collected at Weeks 4 and 8. Results: Statistically significant pre- to posttest improvements in perceived stress, worry, and depression were found. Pre-existing depression accounted for most of the change in worry and perceived stress scores. Pre- to post test improvements in mindfulness-based skills were also detected. Conclusions: iRest yoga-nidra practice may reduce symptoms of perceived stress, worry, and depression and increase mindfulness-based skills.

The present study demonstrates the importance of considering intersectional identities and/or social contexts in the application of social cognitive career theory and related interventions in efforts to broaden participation in engineering. Specifically, interactions among race/ethnicity, gender, and/or institutional context moderated important social-cognitive relations and differentially explained engineering undergraduates' academic engagement, satisfaction, and intended persistence.

The need exists for a comprehensive literature review of the concept of mattering with regard to work. In response, this review examined a theoretical framework of societal and interpersonal mattering, mattering within the work context, and existing psychometric measures of mattering. The author analyzed the research on the current state of mattering at work, identified core frameworks and psychometric issues that have been investigated to date, and suggests the use of a more comprehensive framework for work mattering that illuminates both the relational and social aspects of the work experience. Several promising directions for future research and potential benefits of incorporating work mattering in career counseling practice emerged and are discussed.

The myriad hours and considerable effort expended by women in unpaid labor at home can have profound effects on their mental, physical, relational, vocational, and economic health. To date, many vocational psychologists have neglected to focus on unpaid work in their research or highlight unpaid work in their theories. Unpaid work in women’s lives is most deserving of increased scholarly attention. Thus, the purposes of this article are to provide an overview of theory and research related to unpaid work, highlight three types of unpaid work, describe the effects of unpaid work on women’s lives, and provide recommendations for future research and practice in vocational psychology to advance understanding regarding unpaid work in women’s lives.

The purpose of this qualitative research was to explore the work experience of middleclass, Korean full-time mothers in their 50s. Interviews, observations, and photographs were collected from 11 Korean full-time mothers to understand their work and career experiences. The data were analyzed by a case study qualitative method of inquiry. The themes that emerged from the data were paths to becoming full-time mothers, multiple working roles from relationships, dialectical characteristics of work, meaning of full-time mothering, and regrets and internalized biases for full-time motherhood. The findings illustrate how full-time mothers experience a sense of meaning and mattering from their work; how relationships and work are intertwined in their lives; and how gender, social class, and culture influence the work and relationships of full-time mothers. Implications for counselors and researchers are discussed.