Open AccessTime to Change for Mental Health and Well-being via Virtual Professional Coaching: Longitudinal Observational Study
Author(s) -
Alexis M Jeannotte,
Derek Hutchinson,
Gabriella Kellerman
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jmir. journal of medical internet research/journal of medical internet research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.446
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1439-4456
pISSN - 1438-8871
DOI - 10.2196/27774
Subject(s) - coaching , mental health , psychological intervention , psychology , applied psychology , psychological resilience , intervention (counseling) , observational study , affect (linguistics) , well being , longitudinal study , medicine , social psychology , psychiatry , psychotherapist , pathology , communication
Optimal mental health yields many benefits and reduced costs to employees and organizations; however, the workplace introduces challenges to building and maintaining mental health that affects wellbeing. While many organizations have introduced programming to aid employee mental health and wellbeing, the uptake and effectiveness of these efforts vary. One barrier to developing more effective interventions is a lack of understanding about how to improve wellbeing over time. The current study examined not only whether employer-provided coaching is an effective strategy to improve mental health and wellbeing in employees; but also how this intervention changes wellbeing in stages over time.