Effects of instruction on stress management skills and self-management skills among blue-collar employees.

Abstract

The training programs were evaluated on the following criteria: reaction, learning, and outcomes (Kirkpatrick, 1959a(Kirkpatrick, , 1959b(Kirkpatrick, , 1960.Reaction measure. A 10-item questionnaire was constructed to gauge the participants' reactions to the training. The questionnaire contained &point Likert-type items. Items tapped reaction to the content of training and the trainer (e.g., "The training you received helped you to feel more confident

Building Resilience: The Conceptual Basis and Research Evidence for Resilience Training Programs

“…Most interventions then focused on teaching coping skills or relaxation techniques. Some of these skills are summarized as follows; self-talk, or the practice of repeating encouraging thoughts to oneself (Hamilton, Scott, & MacDougall, 2007), cognitive restructuring, which involves identifying and challenging negative thoughts to enable more realistic thinking (Thomason & Pond, 1995), goal setting, which teaches individuals to set manageable goals and track their progress toward these goals (Lester et al, 2013), and arousal regulation, which is often taught through breathing exercises that teach individuals to maintain a stable breathing pattern to control their physiological state (Barwood, Thelwell, & Tipton, 2008). Each intervention taught these skills slightly differently and spent a different amount of time on teaching and practicing these skills.…”

Intervenções psicoeducativas para manejo de estresse ocupacional: um estudo comparativo

“…No pós-teste, os participantes de ambas as intervenções apenas diferiram em pressão arterial diastólica: os participantes da Intervenção ME apresentaram médias mais baixas nesta variável e menos participantes desta condição encontravam-se hipertensos, em comparação àqueles da Intervenção HS, ao final do programa. Estes achados corroboram estudos prévios (Charlesworth, Williams & Baer, 1984;Craig & Hancock, 1996;Thomason & Pond, 1995) que também verificaram que intervenções multimodais para manejo de estresse ocupacional produzem decréscimos significativos em pressão arterial, tanto em participantes normotensos quanto hipertensos. Entretanto, a literatura não é consistente nesses achados.…”

“…Programas com este último formato têm sido chamados de multicomponentes ou multimodais. Embora diversos estudos (Cheek, Bradley, Parr & Lan, 2003;Freedy & Hobfoll, 1994;Long, 1988;Rowe, 2000;Thomason & Pond, 1995) apontem a superioridade destas intervenções multimodais sobre intervenções baseadas apenas em um único tipo de técnica, não há ainda concordância na literatura acerca deste problema.…”