Crum et al., 2013: Teaching about the positive effects of stress reduced anxiety and improved work-related skills among financial service employees days later
Reference:
Crum, A. J., Salovey, P., & Achor, S. (2013). Rethinking stress: The role of mindsets in determining the stress response. Journal of personality and social psychology, 104(4), 716.
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Employees of a major financial services company who learned that stress can promote functioning and performance reported reduced symptoms of anxiety (headaches, insomnia) and greater improvement in “hard” and “soft” work skills (e.g., efficiency, communication) several days later.
Psychological Process:
What Desired Meaning is At Stake?
What is the Person Trying to Understand?
Selves (My Own and Others')Approach to Desired Meaning
What about it?
Changing beliefs about emotions, states, and the valence of the self-conceptHow?
Psychological Question Addressed
Are current or upcoming emotions, states, and experiences negative and undermining?Are current or upcoming emotions, states, and experiences negative and undermining?Psychological Question Addressed
Are current or upcoming emotions, states, and experiences negative and undermining?Psychological Process 2:
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Social Area:
Health; Well-being
Intervention Technique:
Prompting with information