@article{ref1,
title="The principal at risk: stress and organizing mindfulness in the school context",
journal="International journal of environmental research and public health",
year="2020",
author="Diotaiuti, Pierluigi and Mancone, Stefania and Bellizzi, Fernando and Valente, Giuseppe",
volume="17",
number="17",
pages="e6318-e6318",
abstract="BACKGROUND: In recent years the role of school principals is becoming increasingly complex and responsible. <br><br>METHODS: This study was voluntarily attended by 419 Italian school principals who were administered the Psychological Stress Measurement (MSP), Mindfulness Organizing Scale (MOS), Polychronic-Monochronic Tendency Scale (PMTS), and the Scale of Emotions at Work (SEW). <br><br>RESULTS: The study has produced a path analysis model in which the relationships between the main predictors of principals' work discomfort were explained. The effect of depressive anxiety on perceived discomfort (ß = 0.517) found a protective mediator in the mindfulness component that recognizes the sharing as a fundamental operational tool (ß = -0.206), while an increasing sense of effort and confusion could significantly amplify the experience of psychological discomfort associated with the exercise of school leadership (ß = 0.254). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The model developed in this study suggests that focusing on organizing mindfulness can be a valuable guideline for interventions.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-7827",
doi="10.3390/ijerph17176318",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176318"
}