Examining Ways That a Mindfulness-Based Intervention Reduces Stress in Public School Teachers: a Mixed-Methods Study

Taylor, Cynthia; Harrison, Jessica; Haimovitz, Kyla; Oberle, Eva; Thomson, Kimberly; Schonert-Reichl, Kimberly; Roeser, Robert W.

doi:10.1007/s12671-015-0425-4

Examining Ways That a Mindfulness-Based Intervention Reduces Stress in Public School Teachers: a Mixed-Methods Study

Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) can reduce teachers’ stress. The purpose of this mixed-method study, conducted within the context of a randomized-control trial of an MBI for teachers, was to examine four potential ways by which the MBI reduced teacher stress, including by (1) increasing th…