Objectives
The Work ”is a meditative technique that enables the identification and investigation of thoughts that cause an individual stress and suffering. Its core is comprised of four questions and turnarounds that enable the participant to experience a different interpretation of reality. We assessed the effect of “The Work” meditation on quality of life and psychological symptoms in a non-clinical sample.
This study was designed as a single-group pilot clinical trial (open label ). Participants ( n
=823) enrolled in a nine-day training course (“The School for The Work”) and completed a set of self-administered measures on three occasions: before the course ( (n =823), after the course (
n =728, and six months after course completion (
n =2015)
n =728, and six months after course completion (
n =2015)
Outcome Measures
Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS), Quality of Life Inventory (QOLI), Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-Self Report (QIDS-SR 0030 , Outcome Questionnaire
. (2) OQ – . 2), State – Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2 (STAXI-2), and State –Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI).
Results
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