NCT07069361

Mindful Emotion Regulation in Organizational Contexts

The Role of Mindful Emotion Regulation in Organizational Contexts: A Workplace Experiment

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 195 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Bucharest · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This randomized controlled trial investigates the effects of an 8-week mindfulness-based interventions, Mindfulness for Life (MBCT-L) on daily emotion regulation, psychological functioning, and work-related outcomes. The primary objective of this study is to investigate the underlying mechanism of change between mindfulness and job performance and satisfaction.

Detailed description

This study investigates the mechanisms by which mindfulness training influences positive affect, job performance, and satisfaction in organizational settings. Employing a two-period crossover design, participants receive an 8-week Mindfulness for Life (MBCT-L) intervention. Guided by Mindfulness-to-Meaning theory, the investigator propose that increases in mindfulness enhance positive affect through improved decentering and positive reframing. In line with the Broaden-and-Build theory, it is hypothesized that heightened positive affect leads to better in-role job performance and higher job satisfaction by increasing psychological capital. The primary objective is to elucidate these mediational pathways, thereby advancing our understanding of how mindfulness interventions can foster improve emotion regulation and organizational functioning.

Conditions

• Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
• Wait-List Control
• Emotion Regulation
• Organizational Context

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy - Life Course Adaptation (MBCT-L)	MBCT-L (Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Life) Is a structered, group-based intervention developed for use with healthy adults. The programs runs for 8 consecutive weeks, with sessions lasting 2 hours and 15 minutes. It includes formal and informal mindfulness practices, exercises to develop cognitive and emotion awareness, with elements adapted from cognitive therapy. The course was designed to support participants in cultivating habits that increase emotion regulation and psychological well-being. Home practice is assigned daily using audio-guided meditations. The intervention is standardized and delivered by a instructor trained under Oxford Mindfulness Centre (OMC) protocols. MBCT-L is distinct from the clinical MBCT model used for relapse prevention. And it is also disting from other Mindfulness-Based interventions as it uses different exercises than, for example, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction which emphasis stress theories in the intervention.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-07-30
• Primary completion: 2025-12-12
• Completion: 2025-12-12
• First posted: 2025-07-16
• Last updated: 2026-01-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Romania