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Jessica Borushok Dissertation.pdf (960.63 KB)
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Get ACTive! A pilot acceptance and commitment therapy workshop
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Borushok, Jessica E
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1492125819743085
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2017, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, Psychology/Clinical.
Abstract
Physical inactivity and sedentary behaviors independently contribute to the rise in preventable chronic illnesses and a decrease in overall wellbeing and workplace productivity. As a result, efforts to intervene and reverse the negative health, wellbeing, and occupational impact through movement promotion and physical activity interventions are imperative. This pilot randomized control trial compared an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) approach to a traditional Education approach. All participants (ACT: N = 17; Education: N = 19) completed a four hour workshop with a three month follow-up. The current study found that both workshops positively and significantly impacted self-reported physical activity (minutes per week and days per week), satisfaction with life, feelings of depression, anxiety, and stress, job burnout, work role overload, ratings of their coworkers and opportunities for promotion, as well as psychological flexibility and mindfulness. While there were few differences between the ACT and Education approaches, the ACT workshop participants increased their satisfaction with their job relative to Education workshop participants. Additionally, analyses approaching significance suggest that both workshops demonstrated increases in minutes of exercise per day. An interaction effect that approached significance revealed that ACT participants increased their pedometer steps per day from baseline to follow-up while Education participants decreased their steps per day. While more research is needed, these preliminary findings support an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy approach for physical inactivity and sedentary behavior intervention as a promising alternative to traditional educational activity programs.
Committee
Robert Carels (Advisor)
William O'Brien (Committee Member)
Dara Musher-Eizenman (Committee Member)
Tim Brackenbury (Other)
Pages
88 p.
Subject Headings
Psychology
Keywords
Psychological Flexibility
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
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Physical Activity
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Borushok, J. E. (2017).
Get ACTive! A pilot acceptance and commitment therapy workshop
[Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1492125819743085
APA Style (7th edition)
Borushok, Jessica.
Get ACTive! A pilot acceptance and commitment therapy workshop.
2017. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1492125819743085.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Borushok, Jessica. "Get ACTive! A pilot acceptance and commitment therapy workshop." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1492125819743085
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Get ACTive! A pilot acceptance and commitment therapy workshop by Jessica E Borushok is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at etd.ohiolink.edu.
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