Mindfulness as a personal resource to reduce work stress in the job demands-resources model

Steven L Grover; Stephen T T Teo; David Pick; Maree Roche

doi:10.1002/smi.2726

Mindfulness as a personal resource to reduce work stress in the job demands-resources model

Stress Health. 2017 Oct;33(4):426-436. doi: 10.1002/smi.2726. Epub 2016 Nov 9.

Authors

Steven L Grover¹, Stephen T T Teo², David Pick³, Maree Roche⁴

Affiliations

¹ University of Otago, New Zealand.
² Edith Cowan University, Australia.
³ Curtin University, Australia.
⁴ Waikato University, New Zealand.

PMID: 27862960
DOI: 10.1002/smi.2726

Abstract

Based on the job demands-resources (JD-R) model, this study examines the different ways that the personal resource of mindfulness reduces stress. Structural equation modeling based on data from 415 Australian nurses shows that mindfulness relates directly and negatively to work stress and perceptions of emotional demands as well as buffering the relation of emotional demands on psychological stress. This study contributes to the literature by employing empirical analysis to the task of unravelling how personal resources function within the JD-R model. It also introduces mindfulness as a personal resource in the JD-R model.

Keywords: Job demands-resources; mindfulness; perceived autonomy; stress.

MeSH terms

Adult
Australia
Employment / psychology*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mindfulness*
Models, Psychological
Nurses / psychology*
Occupational Stress / psychology*
Social Support
Young Adult