Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to develop a 3-week gratitude intervention program that included gratitude lists and behavioral gratitude expression and to examine the effect of the program on work engagement, gratitude, self-efficacy, psychological distress, and job performance in a pretest-posttest study design.
METHODS: Eight hundred thirty-five employees were recruited for the study. The outcomes were measured at baseline, postintervention, and at 6-week follow-up. Estimated means at the three points were compared in a mixed model for repeated measures.
RESULTS: One hundred forty-five workers were included and analyzed. Work engagement showed no significant improvement after the intervention. However, gratitude, self-efficacy, psychological distress, and job performance improved significantly.
CONCLUSIONS: The program might be effective for improving gratitude, self-efficacy, psychological distress, and job performance, but further modification of the program is needed to improve the effect on work engagement.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | e378-e383 |
| Journal | Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue number | 9 |
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| Publication status | Published - Sept 2019 |
Funding
NK is currently receiving grants from Fujitsu LTD., Fujitsu Software Technolo-gies LTD, SB At Work Corp., personal fees from Occupational Health Foundation, Japan Dental Association, Sekisui Chemicals, Junpukai Health Care Center, Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and nonfinancial support from Japan Productivity Center as relevant financial activities outside the submitted work. For the remaining authors none were declared.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Fujitsu LTD. | |
| Fujitsu Software Technolo-gies | |
| Japan Society for the Promotion of Science | 19K21509 |
