Stress reduction and wellbeing: evaluating a six-week stress control course [Thesis]
- Hdl Handle:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10147/582540
- Title:
- Stress reduction and wellbeing: evaluating a six-week stress control course [Thesis]
- Authors:
- Is Part Of:
- Bachelor of Science in Psychology Under the Supervision of Dr. Ann-Marie Creaven
- Affiliation:
- Citation:
- Burke, J (2015) Stress Reduction and Wellbeing: Evaluating a Six-Week Stress Control Course. Thesis. Limerick: University of Limerick.
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- Issue Date:
- Apr-2015
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10147/582540
- Item Type:
- Thesis
- Language:
- en
- Description:
- Background: Symptoms of stress and anxiety are currently the most common referral to Primary Care services. ‘Stress Control’ is an evidence-based cognitivebehavioural group stress management intervention implemented worldwide. The latest design reflects recent research highlighting the importance of positive wellbeing in psychological outcomes, but has yet to be evaluated. Aim: The programme was evaluated in terms of effectiveness in reducing stress and increasing wellbeing. Method: Treatment group (n = 44) and control group (n = 57) were administered psychometric measures of stress, anxiety, depression and wellbeing before and after the intervention. Results: Treatment group had higher scores of stress, anxiety and depression and lower scores of wellbeing compared to control group at Time 1. Treatment group providing follow-up data (n = 16) experienced significant improvements on all measures after the six-week intervention. Conclusion: The results provide an empirical foundation for ‘Stress Control’ potentially improving positive wellbeing in addition to decreasing stress.
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Burke, John | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-23T12:15:52Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-23T12:15:52Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 2015-04 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Burke, J (2015) Stress Reduction and Wellbeing: Evaluating a Six-Week Stress Control Course. Thesis. Limerick: University of Limerick. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/582540 | en |
dc.description | Background: Symptoms of stress and anxiety are currently the most common referral to Primary Care services. ‘Stress Control’ is an evidence-based cognitivebehavioural group stress management intervention implemented worldwide. The latest design reflects recent research highlighting the importance of positive wellbeing in psychological outcomes, but has yet to be evaluated. Aim: The programme was evaluated in terms of effectiveness in reducing stress and increasing wellbeing. Method: Treatment group (n = 44) and control group (n = 57) were administered psychometric measures of stress, anxiety, depression and wellbeing before and after the intervention. Results: Treatment group had higher scores of stress, anxiety and depression and lower scores of wellbeing compared to control group at Time 1. Treatment group providing follow-up data (n = 16) experienced significant improvements on all measures after the six-week intervention. Conclusion: The results provide an empirical foundation for ‘Stress Control’ potentially improving positive wellbeing in addition to decreasing stress. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Limerick (UL) | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | Bachelor of Science in Psychology Under the Supervision of Dr. Ann-Marie Creaven | en |
dc.subject | PRIMARY CARE | en |
dc.subject | STRESS | en |
dc.subject | PSYCHOLOGY | en |
dc.subject | COGNITIVE FUNCTION | en |
dc.title | Stress reduction and wellbeing: evaluating a six-week stress control course [Thesis] | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
dc.contributor.department | University of Limerick | en |
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