Question

A health researcher is interested in the relationship between individuals participation in a stress managemet program located on site and promoted by the organization's employee wellness program. The stress management program consists of yoga, guided visualization, mindfulness, and meditation. Identify two outcomes that would be important for this study and explain how you would operationalize them. Explain where the data would come from or how you would operationalize them.

Answer 1

The two outcomes that I would be interested in observing in this research if the programs lead to reduction in stress experienced and improvement in participants’ daily life functioning. In order to measure stress level, I would use The Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen, Kamarck & Mermelstein, 1994) and collect data before and after the stress management program is administered. Similarly, I would use The Quality of Life Scale (Burckhardt & Anderson, 2003) to measure daily life functioning before and after the intervention.