Reducing Teachers' Psychological Distress through a Mindfulness Training Program
- Franco, Clemente 2
- Mañas Mañas, Israel 2
- Cangas, Adolfo J. 2
- Moreno San Pedro, Emilio 1
- Gallego Gámez, Alfonso 2
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Universidad de Huelva
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Universidad de Almería
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ISSN: 1138-7416
Año de publicación: 2010
Volumen: 13
Número: 2
Páginas: 655-666
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: The Spanish Journal of Psychology
Resumen
Los docentes constituyen uno de los colectivos profesionales más afectados por problemas de tipo psicológico. El objetivo de este estudio cuasi-experimental es examinar la eficacia de un programa de entrenamiento en mindfulness para reducir el malestar psicológico en un grupo de docentes. La muestra estuvo constituida por 68 profesores de Educación Secundaria, de varios centros públicos; la mitad de ellos formaron el grupo control, y la otra mitad el grupo experimental. Los niveles de malestar psicológico fueron evaluados, en ambos grupos, mediante el Symptom Checklist-90-R (SCL-90-R) antes y después de aplicación del programa. Los análisis estadísticos muestran la reducción significativa en las tres medidas generales de malestar psicológico (Índice de Severidad Global, Índice de Distrés de Síntomas Positivos y Total de Síntomas Positivos), así como en todas sus dimensiones (somatización, obsesión-compulsión, sensibilidad interpersonal, depresión, ansiedad, hostilidad, ansiedad fóbica, ideación paranoide y psicoticismo), en el grupo experimental en comparación con el grupo control. Medidas de seguimiento mostraron que estos resultados se mantuvieron transcurridos cuatro meses tras la finalización de la intervención en el grupo experimental.
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