Emotion Management Training: An Innovative Stress Reduction Program

描述(申请人提供)：职业压力会给工商业带来严重的问题。美国公司每年遭受的损失总计3,000亿美元。长期或强烈的压力会对个人的身心健康产生负面影响。在1.551亿美国劳动力中，36%至55%的人表示工作压力中等至高度。尽管压力管理计划在过去20年里在工作场所很受欢迎，但这些努力对减轻职业压力收效甚微。最近的证据表明，当前的压力管理模式应该转向情绪管理方法。情绪管理为工作场所的直接干预提供了坚实的理论和实践基础。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)，这些结构与修订后的Lazarus1压力、应对和情绪模型的评价和应对结构直接相关。这个项目将开发一个基于行为改变理论(即社会认知理论)的干预计划，通过改变五个EI结构来改变功能失调的情绪反应。这项拟议的研究项目将把重点从传统的“生活方式压力和应对”策略转变为一种使情绪自我管理成为压力和应对过程中的关键因素的方法。将制作一个8节互动多媒体培训计划，向员工传授情绪管理和人际交往技能，帮助将职业压力的影响降至最低。该项目将把成熟的成人教育和电子学习教学设计策略与行为改变理论相结合，以帮助员工：(A)在遇到压力情况时制定解决问题的方法；(B)学习识别干扰工作关系和工作表现的情绪、负面思维、失控行为和功能失调的情绪反应；以及(C)培养管理外部和内部情绪反应的技能。在第二阶段，将在大规模随机试验中开发和评估全面培训计划。 与公共健康相关：职业压力会给工商业带来严重的问题，包括旷工、流动率、工作表现下降、生产率下降、索赔和医疗保险费用。美国公司每年遭受的损失总计3,000亿美元。长期或强烈的压力会对个人的身心健康产生负面影响。在1.551亿美国劳动力中，36%至55%的人表示工作压力中等至高度。

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.