Mindful Emotion Regulation in Organizational Contexts (MEROC)

University of Bucharest

Status: Completed

Conditions: Wait-List Control; Organizational Context; Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy; Emotion Regulation

Treatments: Behavioral: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy - Life Course Adaptation (MBCT-L)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07069361

008

Details and patient eligibility

About

This randomized controlled trial investigates the effects of an 8-week mindfulness-based interventions, Mindfulness for Life (MBCT-L) on daily emotion regulation, psychological functioning, and work-related outcomes. The primary objective of this study is to investigate the underlying mechanism of change between mindfulness and job performance and satisfaction.

Full description

This study investigates the mechanisms by which mindfulness training influences positive affect, job performance, and satisfaction in organizational settings. Employing a two-period crossover design, participants receive an 8-week Mindfulness for Life (MBCT-L) intervention. Guided by Mindfulness-to-Meaning theory, the investigator propose that increases in mindfulness enhance positive affect through improved decentering and positive reframing. In line with the Broaden-and-Build theory, it is hypothesized that heightened positive affect leads to better in-role job performance and higher job satisfaction by increasing psychological capital. The primary objective is to elucidate these mediational pathways, thereby advancing our understanding of how mindfulness interventions can foster improve emotion regulation and organizational functioning.

Enrollment: 195 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age between 18 and 65 years
• Full-time Workers

Exclusion criteria

• Experiencing Hallucinations
• Experiencing psychotic symptoms
• Recieving psychotropic medications
• Experiencing legal or health issues that would prevent them to attend the sessions.
• Have had participated in a Mindfulness-Based course in the last 2 years.
• Presenting symptoms of intellectual disability, communication disorders or neurocognitive disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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195 participants in 4 patient groups

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy - Life Course Adaptation (MBCT-L)

Experimental group

Description:

Mindfulness For Life (MBCT-L) is an adapted version of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, designed for the general population. While rooted in the original MBCT program, which was developed for preventing depressive relapse, Mindfulness for Life is tailored to increase the levels of psychological well-being, emotional resilience and mental health outcomes in non-clinical populations. The program consist of 8 weekly sessions of 2 hours and 15 minutes, complemented by guide daily home practice. Participants are taught mindfulness meditation practices, cognitive-behavioral strategies, and experiential exercises aimed at enhancing self-awareness and emotional regulation. The intervention follows the standardized 'Mindfulness for Life' curriculum, as developed by the Oxford Mindfulness Foundation (OMF), and is delivered by an instructor trained in the approach through OMF.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy - Life Course Adaptation (MBCT-L)

Wait-List Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in the wait-list control group will not receive the intervention during the initial study period but will be offered access to the Mindfulness for Life (MBCT-L) program after the initial phase of the study ends. For the first 8 weeks, they will not receive any structured psychological intervention as part of the study. They will continue any usual care or personal routines, an they will complete the same assements at equivalent time points. After this initial waiting period and completion of the first follow-up assessment, participants will then begin the Mindfulness for Life (MBCT-L) program.

Wait-List Control Group Phase 2

No Intervention group

Description:

This is the second phase of a two-period crossover study. During this phase, participants assigned to the wait-list control condition do not receive any psychological intervention or active treatment. They continue with their usual activities and complete outcome assessments. In Phase 1 of the trial, the participants assigned to this group received the MBCT-L interventions.

Mindfulness for Life - Mindfulness- Based Cognitive Therapy Adaptation (MBCT-L) Phase 2

Experimental group

Description:

This is the second phase of a two-period crossover study. During this phase, participants who were originally assigned to the wait-list control group now receive the MBCT-L intervention.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy - Life Course Adaptation (MBCT-L)