by Michelle Anne | Jan 22, 2019
by Emma Seppälä, Kim Cameron Too many companies bet on having a cut-throat, high-pressure, take-no-prisoners culture to drive their financial success. But a large and growing body of research on positive organizational psychology demonstrates that not only is a...
by Michelle Anne | Jan 22, 2019
Is the mirror system key to how social understanding is created in the brain? Researchers from Denmark released a new study on Feb. 24 showing that specific brain cells called “mirror neurons” may help people interpret the actions they see other people perform. Mirror...
by Michelle Anne | Jan 22, 2019
A stressful situation — whether something environmental, such as a looming work deadline, or psychological, such as persistent worry about losing a job — can trigger a cascade of stress hormones that produce well-orchestrated physiological changes. A stressful...
by Michelle Anne | Jan 3, 2019
Your friends who can’t stop talking about themselves may be telling you more than you think. People who talk a lot about themselves are not narcissists as one might expect. Instead, those who say ‘I’ and ‘me’ a lot may be prone to...
by Michelle Anne | Nov 20, 2018
Having a sense of purpose in life appears valuable across life domains, though it remains unclear whether purpose also provides financial value to individuals. The current study examined sense of purpose as a predictor of concurrent and longitudinal income and net...
by Michelle Anne | Nov 20, 2018
This study investigated the theoretical underpinnings of individual differences in emergent leadership behaviors and their relationships to teamwork processes and outcomes. Both personality and cognitive ability were utilized to examine behaviors of leadership...
by Michelle Anne | Nov 20, 2018
We advance understanding of the role of ability-based emotional intelligence (EI) and its subdimensions in the workplace by examining the mechanisms and context-based boundary conditions of the EI–performance relationship. Using a trait activation framework, we...
by Michelle Anne | Nov 19, 2018
Although the psychological benefits of mindfulness training on emotion regulation are well-documented, the precise mechanisms underlying these effects remain unclear. In the present account, we propose a new linkage between mindfulness and improved emotion...
by Michelle Anne | Nov 19, 2018
Intractable conflict involves reoccurring patterns of ineffective communication in which issues are not resolved and build over time. These situations can lead to bad feelings, damaged relationships, depression, aggression, anxiety and substance abuse. Grounded theory...
by Michelle Anne | Nov 14, 2018
Higher emotional intelligence is associated with workplace flourishing. Emotional intelligence is associated with perceived workplace social support and power. Social support and power mediate between emotional intelligence and workplace flourishing. The individual...
by Michelle Anne | Nov 14, 2018
Individuals with Generalized Anxiety Disorder in the mindfulness group had a greater drop in stress-related ACTH hormone. Individuals in the mindfulness group also had a greater drop in pro-imflammatory cytokines during the stress task. Findings suggest that...
by Michelle Anne | Sep 24, 2018
Highlights The study tested whether mindfulness acted as a separate resource to buffer burnout.Mindfulness added to personal and workplace resources and workplace demands in JD–R.A large sample of participants in diverse occupations completed an online...
by Michelle Anne | Sep 24, 2018
The present study explores the role of (1) “experiential avoidance” (being non-accepting towards mental events) and (2) “mindful awareness” (being attentive in the present moment) in the prediction of well-being. These established constructs are newly complemented...
by Michelle Anne | Sep 24, 2018
Mass. General-led study shows distinct effects on brain areas associated with awareness and with deliberate relaxation A variety of meditation-based programs have been developed in recent years to reduce stress and medical symptoms and to promote wellness. One...
by Michelle Anne | Sep 24, 2018
The mechanisms by which cognitive processes influence states of bodily arousal are important for understanding the pathogenesis and maintenance of stress-related morbidity. We used PET to investigate cerebral activity relating to the cognitively driven modulation of...
by Michelle Anne | Sep 5, 2018
Employees of a call center working for a financial institution took part in a brief mindfulness-based intervention (MBI). Each day, during five consecutive weeks, they listened to two short guided meditation sessions using a headset at their workstation (10 min in the...
by Michelle Anne | Aug 28, 2018
December 4, 2017 Media contact: David Orenstein 401-863-1862 PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — As health interventions based on mindfulness have grown in popularity, some of the field’s leading researchers have become concerned that the evidence base for such...
by Michelle Anne | Aug 28, 2018
Pain is a primary symptom driving patients to seek physical therapy, and its attenuation commonly defines a successful outcome. A large body of evidence is dedicated to elucidating the relationship between chronic stress and pain; however, stress is rarely addressed...
