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To evaluate the effectiveness of occupational stress management intervention programs and determine how intervention types and other moderating variables influence outcomes.

January 1, 2008Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Effects of occupational stress management intervention programs: A meta-analysis.

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To evaluate the effectiveness of occupational stress management intervention programs and determine how intervention types and other moderating variables influence outcomes.
Meta-analysis of 36 experimental studies evaluating 55 interventions with a total sample size of 2,847 participants (59% female; mean age 35.4 years; average intervention duration 7.4 weeks).
Interventions were categorized into cognitive-behavioral, relaxation, organizational, multimodal, and alternative modalities, assessing psychological, physiological, and organizational outcomes.
Occupational stress management interventions produced a significant medium-to-large overall effect size across all studies (Cohen's d = 0.526; 95% CI, 0.364 to 0.687).
Cognitive-behavioral programs consistently demonstrated larger effect sizes than other intervention types, but adding secondary treatment components reduced their overall efficacy.
Treatment duration, outcome variable category, and occupation did not serve as statistically significant moderators of intervention effect sizes.

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Meta-analysis demonstrates significant stress reduction from workplace interventions in employees, indicating that cognitive-behavioral programs yield the strongest benefits.

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Richardson et al. (2008) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a03e61a74c8a788844d241c https://doi.org/10.1037/1076-8998.13.1.69

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Meta-analysis demonstrates significant stress reduction from workplace interventions in employees, indicating that cognitive-behavioral programs yield the strongest benefits.

Effects of occupational stress management intervention programs: A meta-analysis.

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