Engaged and Resilient - a Preventive Intervention to Promote Psychological Well-being and Mental Health for Leaders

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Research design: The study involves program development, implementation, and evaluation of resilience training by a randomized controlled research design. The participant will be randomized to the intervention group to receive the resilience training program "Engaged and Resilient" or a wait-list co...

Research design: The study involves program development, implementation, and evaluation of resilience training by a randomized controlled research design. The participant will be randomized to the intervention group to receive the resilience training program "Engaged and Resilient" or a wait-list control group to receive the resilience training conducted by internal educated trainers following the post-intervention measures. Pre- and post measures include mental health, flourishing, perceived stress, resilience (two scales), and work-related performance. The training effects will be measured after each training session on a 4-point scale to create knowledge about the specific resilience promoting factors and the implementation process. The intervention project will consist of a didactic component, including an internal trainer education for the Management/HR and more specific for the participants (leaders): Psychoeducation, psychological skill-building training, and ongoing homework exercises to support the implementation of resilience strategies within the organizational context. Operational objectives: To develop a flexible (co-customized, co-implemented) resilience training program for leaders in organizations structured as thee general resilience factors with specific training sessions within each To implement a resilience intervention for leaders in public and private Danish organizational environments To demonstrate outcome effects on human health and performance. Primary in terms of mental health and well-being, and secondary in perceived stress, resilience, work-related performance, and sick-leave To provide evidence of specific resilience factors promoting positive mental health and well-being longitudinally (20 weeks) To create knowledge about the implementation and change process by ongoing participant evaluation of the specific training sessions

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