Mindful Emotion Regulation in Organizational Contexts

NCT ID: NCT07069361

Last Updated: 2026-01-02

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 195 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-07-30
• Study Completion Date: 2025-12-12

Brief 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

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy - Life Course Adaptation (MBCT-L)

Mindfulness For Life (MBCT-L) is an adapted version of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, designed for the general population. While rooted in the original MBCT program, which was developed for preventing depressive relapse, Mindfulness for Life is tailored to increase the levels of psychological well-being, emotional resilience and mental health outcomes in non-clinical populations.

The program consist of 8 weekly sessions of 2 hours and 15 minutes, complemented by guide daily home practice. Participants are taught mindfulness meditation practices, cognitive-behavioral strategies, and experiential exercises aimed at enhancing self-awareness and emotional regulation. The intervention follows the standardized 'Mindfulness for Life' curriculum, as developed by the Oxford Mindfulness Foundation (OMF), and is delivered by an instructor trained in the approach through OMF.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy - Life Course Adaptation (MBCT-L)

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

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.

Wait-List Control Group

Participants in the wait-list control group will not receive the intervention during the initial study period but will be offered access to the Mindfulness for Life (MBCT-L) program after the initial phase of the study ends. For the first 8 weeks, they will not receive any structured psychological intervention as part of the study. They will continue any usual care or personal routines, an they will complete the same assements at equivalent time points.

After this initial waiting period and completion of the first follow-up assessment, participants will then begin the Mindfulness for Life (MBCT-L) program.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Wait-List Control Group Phase 2

This is the second phase of a two-period crossover study. During this phase, participants assigned to the wait-list control condition do not receive any psychological intervention or active treatment. They continue with their usual activities and complete outcome assessments. In Phase 1 of the trial, the participants assigned to this group received the MBCT-L interventions.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Mindfulness for Life - Mindfulness- Based Cognitive Therapy Adaptation (MBCT-L) Phase 2

This is the second phase of a two-period crossover study. During this phase, participants who were originally assigned to the wait-list control group now receive the MBCT-L intervention.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy - Life Course Adaptation (MBCT-L)

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

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.

Interventions

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.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Age between 18 and 65 years
• Full-time Workers

Exclusion Criteria

• Experiencing Hallucinations
• Experiencing psychotic symptoms
• Recieving psychotropic medications
• Experiencing legal or health issues that would prevent them to attend the sessions.
• Have had participated in a Mindfulness-Based course in the last 2 years.
• Presenting symptoms of intellectual disability, communication disorders or neurocognitive disorders

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of Bucharest

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Cezar Giosan

Associate Professor of Psychology

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

University of Bucharest

Bucharest, Sector 5, Romania

Countries

Romania

References

Hanley AW, de Vibe M, Solhaug I, Farb N, Goldin PR, Gross JJ, Garland EL. Modeling the mindfulness-to-meaning theory's mindful reappraisal hypothesis: Replication with longitudinal data from a randomized controlled study. Stress Health. 2021 Oct;37(4):778-789. doi: 10.1002/smi.3035. Epub 2021 Mar 9.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 33607697 (View on PubMed)

Wang Y, Garland EL, Farb NAS. An experimental test of the mindfulness-to-meaning theory: Casual pathways between decentering, reappraisal, and well-being. Emotion. 2023 Dec;23(8):2243-2258. doi: 10.1037/emo0001252. Epub 2023 May 11.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 37166828 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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Identifier Source: org_study_id