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Revista Colombiana de Psicología
Print version ISSN 0121-5469
Abstract
OBLITAS-GUADALUPE, LUIS ARMANDO et al. Incidence of Mindfulness and Qi Gong on the State of Health, Psychological Well-Being, Life Satisfaction and Work Stress. Rev. colomb. psicol. [online]. 2017, vol.26, n.1, pp.99-113. ISSN 0121-5469. https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v26n1.54371.
This study was conducted through a pre-experimental methodological approach with pre-test and post-test measurements. 52 workers from the Universidad de la Costa participated were invited to attend the eight-hour mindfulness and qi gong workshop for improving health, psychological well-being, life satisfaction and stress reduction. The instruments used were the Health Survey sf-11, Scale of Psychological Well-Being (Ryff & Keyes, 1995), Life Satisfaction Scale (Cortés, 2013) and Occupational Stress Numerical Scale. The combination of mindfulness and qi gong produced an improvement in the health of the workers -general health, energy, efficiency, domestic activities and diminution of pain, important changes in the psychological well-being - adaptation, confidence, clarity, openness and self-esteem, and improvement in satisfaction- health and productivity. No significant differences in work stress levels were found.
Keywords : mindfulness; qi gong; health; work stress; psychological well-being; life satisfaction..