A contextual cognitive-behavioral analysis of rehabilitation workers' health and well-being: Influences of acceptance, mindfulness, and values-based action.

Abstract

Purpose: Rehabilitation settings can be extremely demanding, and sometimes stressful, places to work.It is important, therefore, to consider inuences on rehabilitation workers’ health and general well-beingand on their ability to face emotional, physical, or mental challenges at work. The purpose of this studywas to examine a set of psychological processes, including psychological acceptance, mindfulness, andvalues-based action, that may be relevant to this problem. Method: Ninety-eight rehabilitation workersat the Rehabilitation Centre, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, completed measures of backgroundvariables, health, and functioning, in addition to the 3 psychological variables of primary interest.Results: Correlation analyses demonstrated signicant relations of the acceptance, mindfulness, andvalues measures with the measures of stress, burnout symptoms, health, and well-being, particularlygeneral health perception, vitality, social functioning, and emotional functioning. In regression analyses,the process variables accounted for signicant, and in some cases practically meaningful, increments inexplained variance in 10 key outcomes related to work experience and health. Conclusion: Acceptance,mindfulness, and values-based action deserve further consideration in relation to burnout, health, andwell-being among rehabilitation workers.Keywords: work stress, well-being, acceptance, mindfulness, cognitive behavioral approaches