Adaptation and implementation of an evidence-based behavioral medicine program in diverse global settings: The Williams LifeSkills experience

Williams, Redford B.; Williams, Virginia P.

doi:10.1007/s13142-011-0030-6

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“…There are commercial programs for promoting resilience that have demonstrated effectiveness in reducing both psychosocial and physical stress. One such program, Williams LifeSkills, was designed to reduce psychosocial problems that are associated with poor chronic disease outcomes (Williams and Williams, 2011). A second example, HardiTraining, was developed to promote hardiness among a more general audience (e.g., working adults) (Meadows, Miller, and Robson, 2015).…”

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Programs Addressing Psychological Health and Resilience in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Farmer¹,

Whipkey²,

Chamberlin³

2019

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Section: Resilience Trainingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Programs Addressing Psychological Health and Resilience in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Farmer¹,

Whipkey²,

Chamberlin³

2019

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“…The Williams LifeSkills Workshop is a multimodal, standardised, cognitive behavioral therapy-based intervention developed in the USA and aimed to improve coping skills (WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS 1997;WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS 2011). The program consists of sixteen 45-minute (or eight 90-minute) sessions and is standardised through a detailed facilitator manual and a participant workbook.…”

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“…Thus, there is a need for more translational research examining the application and sustainability of such interventions in real-life circumstances in Hungary and other non-Western countries. Our study examined the real-life implementation of a cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)-based, standardised, multimodal intervention, the Williams Lifeskills program (WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS 1997), which had been found to be effective in randomised trials (GIDRON et al 1999;BISHOP et al 2005;KIRBY et al 2006;WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS 2011). Specifically, we aimed to identify the impact of this intervention on work-related stress and stress-related symptoms in working people recruited from different occupational settings.…”

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Decreasing the Negative Effects of Work-Related Stress in Unchanged Working Environments

Stauder¹,

Cserháti²,

Thege³

2018

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Background: Chronic work-related stress has a negative impact on both physical and mental health. The present translational study's goal was to investigate the effectiveness of an individualfocused, standardised coping skills training provided outside the employment setting. Methods: 89 working individuals (76 women, 13 men; mean age: 41.3 years) from diverse occupational backgrounds completed a 12-hour stress management program. Work stress and overcommitment were measured by the Effort-Reward Imbalance Questionnaire (ERI). Outcome variables included perceived stress (PSS10), anxiety-(STAI-T), depressive-(BDI), and subjective somatic symptoms (PHQ15), as well as well-being (WHO-WB5), life meaning (BSCI-LM), coping skills (LSS), and overall life satisfaction. Results: The post-intervention scores showed no change in work-related stress or overcommitment, whilst coping skills improved. Further, anxiety-, depression-and somatic symptoms decreased significantly and there was a significant increase in well-being, life meaning, and life satisfaction scores. These improvements were observed mostly in the subgroup reporting higher initial levels of work stress, associated with higher symptom scores. In the low-stress subgroup, only coping skills, perceived stress, and life meaning scores improved. Conclusions: A short, well-structured multimodal coping skills training can significantly reduce overall stress level and stress-related symptoms, and improve well-being and satisfaction in employees suffering from high work stress even if the work environment remains unchanged.

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Fisher¹,

Cameron²,

Christensen³

et al. 2018

Principles and Concepts of Behavioral Medicine

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Adaptation and implementation of an evidence-based behavioral medicine program in diverse global settings: The Williams LifeSkills experience

Cited by 9 publications

References 36 publications

Programs Addressing Psychological Health and Resilience in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Programs Addressing Psychological Health and Resilience in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Decreasing the Negative Effects of Work-Related Stress in Unchanged Working Environments

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