Many studies proved detrimental effects of depression at the workplace in terms of reducing employee performance, increased absenteeism and other psychological, physical and mental distress. Organizations are driving specific interventions and training services to reduce potential negative outcomes of depression (Holmes, 2016; Utley, 2018) and one such intervention that needs to be researched is mindfulness (Bear, 2003). The proposed model intends to examine the role of mindfulness in reducing depression. The model proved that change in mindfulness significantly brings change in positive reappraisal and depression. Further positive reappraisal partially mediates the relationship between mindfulness and depression and the change in rumination does not decrease depression. By implementing mindfulness programmes, managers could make a significant difference and help employees to fight depression. Mindfulness develops into a resource over a period of time and helps employees to be engaged in the work, increase their performance, job satisfaction, productivity, and develop overall wellbeing.Introduction: Many studies proved detrimental effects of depression at the workplace in terms of reducing employeeperformance, increased absenteeism and other psychological, physical and mental distress. Organizations are drivingspecific interventions and training services to reduce potential negative outcomes of depression and one such interventionthat needs to be researched is mindfulness. We postulate that a depressed individuals when engage in mindfulnesspractice, increases positivity and set an upward spiral processes that broaden the potentials that originate in mind andimproves coping potential through positive reappraisal.
Material and methods: The participants (N = 155) enrolled in 8 week’s Mindfulness Based Symptom Management(MBSM) program were contacted to take part in the study, 105 participants volunteered to take part in the study. Thestudy used SPSS Amos to test the model.
Results and conclusions: The results indicate that mindfulness change reduces depression and the relation betweenmindfulness and depression was mediated partially through positive reappraisal. The study also tests competing modelwith change in rumination, although mindfulness program helped participants in reducing rumination it did not mediatethe relationship
