PurposeThis article explores Jamaican secondary school principals' use of mindfulness meditation as a spiritual well-being strategy to manage their work-related stress and anxiety.Design/methodology/approachThe author used qualitative semi-structured interviews to collect the data from 12 Jamaican secondary school principals working in schools supporting rural, urban and inner-city school communities. Thematic coding of the analyzed data was used to understand how principals deal with their work-related stress and anxiety.FindingsThe findings indicate that Jamaican school principals are experiencing work-related stress and anxiety as a result of work intensification, and use mindfulness meditation/prayer as a spiritual coping strategy. The data indicate that principals' primary source of support is their spiritual belief – faith in God and mindfulness meditation/prayer – when dealing with issues related to well-being.Originality/valueThis article explores the use of mindfulness meditation as a non-secular coping strategy, and focuses on an understudied area of educational administration research: Jamaican school principals' well-being. The findings can help inform future education and health policy around occupational health and well-being for professionals, and lay the foundation for greater studies on principal well-being in Jamaican and the Caribbean more generally.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a career assistance program for youth-aged male cricketers. Prior to and immediately following a 14-week program an experimental and control group of under 17 male cricketers were administered the Athletic Identity Measurement Scale, Objective Measure of Ego Identity Status (Identity Foreclosure) Scale, and Career Thoughts Inventory (CTI). The experimental group reported significant improvements in career goal decidedness, assistance with specific career skills, increased confidence and decision-making ability, increased awareness of career options, and increased awareness of a need for a career outside sport. The preliminary evidence supports career assistance programming among youth-aged athletes.

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