Develop a training package of Coping with Job Stress and Comparing the Effect of this Model and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on Anxiety and Depression in Tam Kar’s employees

Subject Areas : Educational

somayeh GORJI ¹ (PhD student of psychology, Department of educational Scienc and Psychology, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran)
اصغر آقایی ² (استاد گروه روان شناسی، دانشکده علوم تربیتی و روان شناسی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد اصفهان(خوراسگان)، اصفهان، ایران)
mohsen golparvar ³ (Associate Professor, Department of Educational Science and Psychology, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.)

Received: 2020-07-08 Accepted : 2020-11-02 Published : 2021-05-22

Keywords: mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, anxiety, TamKar’s employees, Depression, coping with job stress,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was develop a training package of coping with job stress and compare its effec with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on anxiety and depression of Tam Kar’s employees.This research was a combination of exploratory research projects. The phenomenological qualitative method- content analysis was used to develop a training package to coping with job stress that 7 main codes (anxiety,depression,low emotional intelligence, ineffective coping strategies, cognitive problems,weakness of social skills and weakness of religious beliefs) were obtained And the coping with stress training package was adjusted based on these dimensions. The quantitative research method was a three-stage three-group pilot project in which the statistical population included all employees working in the technical departments of Tam Kar’s Company in Isfahan city Which the use ofpurposeful sampling, 45 employees were selected and randomly assigned to three groups (15 for each group). The Beck's Anxiety Inventory, and Beck's Depression Inventory were used to gather information. Experimental group 1 under the knowledge of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy 8 sessions of 90 minutes and experimental group 2 was trained to coping with job stress in 10 sessions 90-minute. Analysis of covariance was used to analyze the research findings. The results showed that both trainings made significant changes in depression and anxiety in the post-test and follow-up stages (p≤0.05). Further, the results of Bonferroni’s follow-up test implied that there is effectiveness of package of Coping with Job Stress was higher than cognitive therapy based on mindfulness. Therefore, the result of this study provide experimental support for both training to improve depression and anxiety in industry employees.

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