Journal article
A randomized, controlled trial of meditation for work stress, anxiety and depressed mood in full-time workers
R Manocha, D Black, J Sarris, C Stough
Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine | Published : 2011
DOI: 10.1155/2011/960583
Abstract
Objective: To assess the effect of meditation on work stress, anxiety and mood in full-time workers. Methods. 178 adult workers participated in an 8-week, 3-arm randomized controlled trial comparing a "mental silence" approach to meditation (n=59) to a "relaxation" active control (n=56) and a wait-list control (n=63). Participants were assessed before and after using Psychological Strain Questionnaire (PSQ), a subscale of the larger Occupational Stress Inventory (OSI), the State component of the State/Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adults (STAI), and the depression-dejection (DD) subscale of the Profile of Mood States (POMS). Results. There was a significant improvement for the meditation group..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors gratefully thank the Natural Therapies Unit, Royal Hospital for Women and the Institute of Neuropsychology, Swinburne University, Dr. Greg Turek and Mr Robert Hutcheon. Dr. Jerome Sarris is funded by an Australian National Health & Medical Research Council fellowship (NHMRC funding ID 628875), in a strategic partnership with The University of Melbourne and the Brain Sciences Institute at Swinburne University of Technology. they thank the Sahaja yoga meditation instructors who volunteered their time and skills without charge. The authors did not develop the meditation technique, and they gratefully acknowledge its developer Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi who permitted its use on the proviso that its noncommercial, open-access ethos was maintained.