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A Cognitive Stress Reduction Program for Recently Unemployed Managers
Author(s) -
Saam Robert H.,
Wodtke Kenneth H.,
Hains Anthony A.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
the career development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 2161-0045
pISSN - 0889-4019
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-0045.1995.tb00527.x
Subject(s) - stress reduction , anxiety , cognition , anger , anger management , psychology , stress (linguistics) , intervention (counseling) , stress management , clinical psychology , applied psychology , control (management) , reduction (mathematics) , psychiatry , management , linguistics , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , economics
This study examined the effectiveness of a structured cognitive stress reduction program for unemployed managers involved in an outplacement program. Participants were randomly assigned to one of two conditions. One group of managers received structured weekly counseling using a cognitively based stress reduction program. They were compared with a control group that received unstructured advice about managing stress as part of a typical outplacement program. The managers who received the cognitive intervention, as compared with managers in the control group, found reemployment significantly sooner and showed reductions in levels of state anxiety and anger that were statistically significant.