Mediating Role of Mindfulness: Positive Affect and Perceived Stress among Employees

Effect of a five-day residential yoga intervention and three months follow up after home practice, on 77 offshore employees of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, who are exposed to a high-risk working environment, was studied. Mindfulness, emotion regulation, affect, and stress were measured. Repe...

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Published in:SCMS journal of Indian management 2019-10, Vol.16 (4), p.75-86
Main Authors: Sreekumar, T S, Nagendra, H R, Ilavarasu, Judu V
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Emotional regulation
Emotions
Employees
Intervention
Managers
Meditation
Mindfulness
Natural gas
Occupational stress
Occupations
Physiology
Stress
Yoga
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Summary:Effect of a five-day residential yoga intervention and three months follow up after home practice, on 77 offshore employees of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, who are exposed to a high-risk working environment, was studied. Mindfulness, emotion regulation, affect, and stress were measured. Repeated measures ANOVA using linear mixed-effects model showed that all the variables had significantly influenced the perceived stress, except for emotion regulation. Mediation analysis revealed 51.4% mediating role of mindfulness between positive affect and perceived stress, suggesting yoga intervention can help to reduce stress, enhance mindfulness and psychological wellbeing of high-risk offshore employees.
ISSN:0973-3167