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Table 1 The content and homework of adapted group mindfulness based stress management program

From: The effectiveness of adapted group mindfulness-based stress management program on perceived stress and emotion regulation in midwives: a randomized clinical trial

Session

Content

Homework

First

Pre-test and participants' acquaintance with each other and group rules

The concept of perceived stress, physiological, psychological and behavioral outcomes of stress

The concept of assessment and how to form triple assessments in a stressful situation

Identify stressors of life and work environment, demands and resources of work and life, study the signs and consequences of stress and workplace stress, how to evaluate different situations of life and work environment

Second

The concept of mindfulness and automatic guidance

Practice eating raisins to explain the logic concerning mindfulness

Identify stressful situations and how to evaluate different work and life situations

Pay attention to life situations and focus attention

Practice eating raisins or any other similar exercise on a daily basis and record the resulting experiences

Third

The concept of staying in the present time, explaining the philosophical foundations of the past, present and future

The concept of attention span

Perform sitting meditation

Practice focusing for a minute and staying in the present

The concept of awareness of breathing

Practice three-minute breathing awareness

Identify stressful situations and how to evaluate different work and life situations

Practice one-minute and three-minute breathing awareness

Fourth

The concept of body meditation, the ability to combine the characteristics of mindfulness with gained experience

The concept of the unity of mind and body

Practice body assessment with the example of the elephant in the dark

Identify stressful situations and how to evaluate different work and life situations

Practice three-minute breathing awareness and body assessment meditation

Fifth

The association of thoughts with emotions and behaviors

Automatic thoughts, rumination

Positive and negative emotions, the concept of organizational justice, sitting with thoughts and feelings and practicing it

The concept of acceptance

Identify stressful situations and how to evaluate different work and life situations

Complete an extended ABC form to identify the relationship between thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and body sensations

Practice three-minute breathing awareness and body assessment meditation

Sixth

The concept of self- compassion, familiarity with compassionate meditation

Practice loving meditation

Non-judgmental mind and initiator mind

The role of mindfulness in improving relationships, the impact of judgments on communication

Identify stressful situations and how to evaluate different work and life situations

Practice three-minute breathing awareness, body assessment meditation, compassionate meditation, and loving meditation

Seventh

The concept of coping, coping styles with stress

Efficient and inefficient styles

Time management, allegory of rubble and fine and coarse sand, expression of awareness of activities in daily life and work environment

Identify stressful situations and how to evaluate different work and life situations

Practice three-minute breathing awareness and body assessment meditation

Emotion-oriented and problem-oriented strategies in stressful situations

Rubble and coarse grains in life and work environment

Eighth

How to maintain changes in life and work environment, summarizing, reviewing last week's assignments and completing questionnaires

Practicing awareness of breathing Tuesday minute of and meditation inspection body