En studie om individers upplevelser av arbetslöshet, mindfulness och stress
The aim of the study was to examine individuals' experiences of participating in 5 week mindfulness program as a tool for job seekers. Qualitative methods were used to interview three students and two mindfulness educators. The informants were asked to answer questions about their experiences of having participated or practiced mindfulness in the project. The results showed that all respondents experienced the project as positive. The participants describe that the project helped them to get out and meet other people and with routines in their life. The participants also said that unemployment caused alienation and they felt themselves to have poorer health when they were unemployed. Stress has been something that affected everyone in different ways, but that all participants felt the stress when they were unemployed. All informants reported that mindfulness was a great tool for stress management, although some were skeptical about mindfulness when they initiated the project.