Emotion Management Training: An Innovative Stress Reduction Program

描述（由申请人提供）：职业压力导致商业和工业的重大问题。美国公司每年的损失总计3000亿美元。长期或强烈的压力对个人的身心健康有负面影响。在1.551亿美国劳动力中，36%至55%的人报告工作压力处于中度至高度水平。尽管在过去的二十年里，压力管理计划在工作场所变得流行，但这些努力对减轻职业压力几乎没有作用。最近的证据表明，目前的压力管理模式应转向情绪管理的方法。情绪管理为现场直接干预提供了强有力的理论和实践基础。此外，情绪智力（EI）研究提供了五个结构（即，自我意识，社会意识，情绪管理和调节，变化管理，一般情绪和自我激励），直接关系到评估和应对结构的修订拉扎鲁斯1模型的压力，应对和情绪。本项目将根据行为改变理论（即，社会认知理论），这将通过改变五个EI结构来修改功能失调的情绪反应。建议的研究项目将把重点从传统的“生活方式压力和应对”策略转移到使情绪自我管理成为压力和应对过程的关键要素的方法。我们将制作一个8节互动多媒体培训课程，教导员工情绪管理和人际交往技巧，以帮助减少职业压力的影响。该项目将把成熟的成人教育和电子学习教学设计战略与行为改变理论结合起来，帮助雇员：（a）在遇到压力情况时制定解决问题的办法;（B）学会识别影响工作关系和工作业绩的情绪、消极思维、失控行为和功能失调的情绪反应;以及（c）发展管理他们的情绪反应的技能，包括外部和内部。在第二阶段，将在一项大规模随机试验中开发和评估全方位培训计划。 公共卫生相关性：职业压力会给企业和工业带来重大问题，包括缺勤、人员流动、工作表现下降、生产力下降、赔偿要求和医疗保险费用。美国公司每年的损失总计3000亿美元。长期或强烈的压力对个人的身心健康有负面影响。在1.551亿美国劳动力中，36%至55%的人报告工作压力处于中度至高度水平。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Occupational stress causes significant problems for business and industry. The loss to companies in the U.S. totals $300 billion a year. Prolonged or intense stress has a negative impact on an individual's physical and mental health. Of the 155.1 million Americans in the labor force, 36% to 55% report moderate to high levels of stress at work. Although stress management programs have become popular in the workplace over the last two decades, these efforts have done little to reduce occupational stress. Recent evidence suggests that the current stress management paradigm be shifted to an emotion management approach. Emotion management provides a strong theoretical and practical base for direct intervention in worksites. In addition, Emotion Intelligence (EI) research offers five constructs (i.e., self awareness, social awareness, emotional management and regulation, change management, and general mood and self-motivation) that directly relate to the appraisal and coping constructs of the revised Lazarus1 model of stress, coping and emotion. This project will develop an intervention program based on behavior change theory (i.e., social cognitive theory) that will modify Dysfunctional Emotional Responses through change in the five EI constructs. The proposed research project will shift the focus from the traditional "lifestyle stress and coping" strategies to an approach which makes emotional self-management a key element of the stress and coping process. An 8-session interactive multimedia, training program will be produced to teach employees emotion management and interpersonal skills to help minimize the impact of occupational stress. The project will integrate proven adult education and e-Learning instructional design strategies with behavioral change theory to help employees: (a) develop a problem-solving approach when encountering stressful situations; (b) learn to identify moods, negative thinking, out of control behaviors and dysfunctional emotional responses which interfere with working relationships and job performance; and (c) develop skills to manage their emotional reactions, both externally and internally. In Phase II, the full-scope training program will be developed and evaluated in a large-scale randomized trial. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Occupational stress causes significant problems for business and industry including absenteeism, turnover, decreased job performance, lowered productivity, compensation claims, and health insurance costs. The loss to companies in the U.S. totals $300 billion a year. Prolonged or intense stress has a negative impact on an individual's physical and mental health. Of the 155.1 million Americans in the labor force, 36% to 55% report moderate to high levels of stress at work.