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COPING
WITH WORK AND FAMILY STRESS:
A WORKPLACE PREVENTIVE INTERVENTION FOR EMPLOYEES
A SAMHSA Model Program
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Comprehensive
science-based intervention designed to prevent stress-related
problems among workers.
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Program
teaches employees behavioral, social, and
cognitive coping strategies to address stressful situations at home,
work, and on the interface between home and work through a combination
of brief presentations, small and large group discussions, and
experiential exercises.
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Proven
findings:
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Reduction
in employee role, spouse-partner role, and work/family stressors
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Increase
in social support from co-workers and supervisors
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Increase
in behavioral coping and reduction in avoidance coping strategies
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Reduction
in alcohol consumption, decreased use of alcohol to reduce tension,
and fewer symptoms of
depression, anxiety, and somatic complaints
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Substance
use and psychological outcomes stronger at 6-month follow-up as
compared to post-test
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Developed
from the research of David L. Snow, Ph.D., Professor
of Psychology in Psychiatry, Child Study Center, and Epidemiology &
Public Health, Director
of The Consultation Center and
the Division
of Prevention and Community Research, Department
of Psychiatry, Yale University School of
Medicine.
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Designated
Model Program by the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA).
For further
information on this program, email David L. Snow,
Ph.D., Principal Investigator (david.snow@yale.edu) or
call Dr. Snow at 203-789-7645; or
Susan Ottenheimer Zimmerman, LCSW, Project Director (susan.zimmerman@yale.edu)
or call Ms. Zimmerman at 203-789-7645.
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