Who benefits from mindfulness? The moderating role of personality and social norms for the effectiveness on psychological and physiological outcomes among police officers.
Study Goal
The researchers aimed to determine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) on physiological and psychological criteria in a nonselective sample of police officers and whether effectiveness depends on personality traits and perceived social norms.
Results Summary
The abstract does not provide specific results, but the study investigates the effects of MBIs in a nonselective sample, suggesting an exploration of efficacy in a new context.
Population
Police officers in an agentic and male-oriented culture.
Effective Dosage
Not specified
Duration
Not specified
Interactions
None mentioned
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Population | Dosage | Impact | Claim # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | increase | occupational health | convenience samples in the social/education/health sector | - | beneficial effects | #1 |
mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | increase | - | nonselective samples outside the social and health sector, especially in agentic and male-oriented cultures | - | effective | #2 |
a MBI | neutral | physiological and psychological criteria | a nonselective sample of police officers | - | effects | #3 |
a MBI | neutral | participants' personality (neuroticism, openness, and conscientiousness) | - | - | effectiveness depends on | #4 |
a MBI | neutral | perceived social norms toward MBIs | - | - | effectiveness depends on | #5 |
There is a growing interest to use mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) for occupational health promotion. As most evidence for the beneficial effects comes from convenience samples in the social/education/health sector, it is still an open question if MBIs are effective in other contexts, or for whom MBIs are more effective. In addition, self-selection and sample characteristics may have biased previous findings. Theoretically and practically, it is important to know whether MBIs are also effective for nonselective samples outside the social and health sector, especially in agentic and male-oriented cultures. Therefore, this study investigates the effects of a MBI on physiological and psychological criteria in a nonselective sample of police officers. Moreover, this study examines whether effectiveness depends on participants' personality (neuroticism, openness, and conscientiousness) and on perceived social norms toward MBIs. Using a pre-post intervention design,