Does mindfulness-, acceptance-, and value-based intervention alleviate burnout?—A person-centered approach.
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This study investigated individual differences in changes in burnout symptoms during a brief mindfulness-, acceptance-, and value-based (MAV) intervention.It also studied whether the changes in burnout were simultaneous with the changes in mindfulness skills.The role of practices and learning experiences in these changes were investigated.The participants were employees of various occupations (n = 105, 80% women, mean age = 48 years).Latent profile analysis was used to investigate the associations between burnout and mindfulness skills during the intervention and a four-month follow-up period.Six distinct profiles were found that differed in levels and changes of both burnout and mindfulness skills.Burnout was reduced and mindfulness skills increased with large effect sizes in three of the profiles (47.4% of the participants).Two profiles (31.1%) presented smaller changes in burnout but had significant increases in mindfulness skills.One profile (11.5%) did not benefit from the intervention.The obtained profiles were compared on practice quantity and frequency, practice continuation, and learning experiences.There were no differences between the profiles in the practice quantity or frequency during the intervention.However, the profiles with the most beneficial changes showed higher learning during the intervention and continued to practice more often after the intervention.These findings show that there are considerable differences in the responses to a brief MAV intervention.The investigated intervention turned out to be effective in alleviating burnout symptoms, even when the initial burnout was high.Attention should be devoted to enhancing learning and practice continuation to improve intervention outcomes.
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Interventions that train psychological flexibility skills are effective in reducing work-related stress and burnout severity and improving well-being.
“Interventions that train individuals to develop and strengthen their psychological flexibility skills are effective in reducing work-related stress and burnout severity [36,41,54-57] and improving well-being [36,41,43].”
From Evaluation of an App-Delivered Psychological Flexibility Skill Training Intervention for Medical Student Burnout and Well-being: Randomized Controlled Trial (2023) · cites this paper as [57]
The Conclusions (page unavailable) say the mindfulness-, acceptance-, and value-based intervention could alleviate burnout, while the Profiles of Burnout and Mindfulness Skills section reports reductions for some participants but not others. The paper supports a qualified claim about burnout reduction; it does not report reductions in work-related stress or improvements in well-being as outcomes of this intervention. (LLM, conf=0.86)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredGeneralized deployment of interventions found effective at group level is likely to result in some individuals not receiving the type or amount of training they need and others receiving more than necessary.
“Generalized deployment of interventions found to be effective at the group level is likely to result in some individuals not receiving the type or amount of training they need and others receiving more than necessary [57,70].”
From Evaluation of an App-Delivered Psychological Flexibility Skill Training Intervention for Medical Student Burnout and Well-being: Randomized Controlled Trial (2023) · cites this paper as [57]
The Discussion (page unavailable) reports differing responses to the same intervention and suggests that some participants might have benefited from longer intervention or more support. It does not establish that generalized deployment of group-effective interventions is likely to leave some people with the wrong type of training or give others more training than necessary. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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- Authors
- Kinnunen, S. M., Puolakanaho, A., Tolvanen, A., Mäkikangas, A., & Lappalainen, R.
- Venue
- International Journal of Stress Management
- Published
- 2019-02
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 89-101
- ISSN
- 1072-5245 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3424
- OpenAlex
- W2801181534
- Cited by
- 28
- References
- 44
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 3.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- urn.fi
- Locations
- International Journal of Stress Management (publishedVersion)
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- Funders
- Finnish Social Insurance Institution
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
- Keywords
- burnout, mindfulness, acceptance and commitment therapy, person-centered approach, individual differences, latent profiles, mindfulness skills, learning experience, brief intervention, occupational stress, workers
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