title: Mindfulness as a personal resource to reduce work stress in the job demands-resources model.
abstract: Based on the job demands-resources (JD-R) model, this study examines the different ways that the personal resource of mindfulness reduces stress. Structural equation modeling based on data from 415 Australian nurses shows that mindfulness relates directly and negatively to work stress and perceptions of emotional demands as well as buffering the relation of emotional demands on psychological stress. This study contributes to the literature by employing empirical analysis to the task of unravelling how personal resources function within the JD-R model. It also introduces mindfulness as a personal resource in the JD-R model.
authors.affiliation: University of Otago, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Steven L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Grover
authors.affiliation: Edith Cowan University, Australia.
authors.forename: Stephen T T
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5025-7937
authors.initials: STT
authors.lastname: Teo
authors.affiliation: Curtin University, Australia.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pick
authors.affiliation: Waikato University, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Maree
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roche
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064866:Mindfulness; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D000073397:Occupational Stress / Q000523:psychology*; D012944:Social Support; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Job demands-resources; mindfulness; perceived autonomy; stress