The Effect of Neurofeedback-assisted Mindfulness Training in Employees With Emotional Labor

After screening, Pre‐evaluation is conducted on the subjects who agreed to participate in the study. Pre‐assessment includes questionnaires related to stress, emotional labor, resilience, sleep, etc., and includes stress‐related physiological measures using HRV, 2 lead EEG. After the pre‐evaluation, the neurofeedback‐assisted mindfulness and mindfulness training group will have education sessions with a psychologist for 30 minutes at a time, once a week, for a total of 4 sessions (one month for a period). The education includes the instruction of the application including mindfulness training, with or without neurofeedback, and the review for the accomplishment of the training. Participants should follow the instruction and the training schedule which is arranged in advance. On the other hand, for a self‐care control, the education sessions are not provided and self‐learning materials are provided once a week. The purpose of the study is to find the effectiveness of mindfulness training on reduction of stress and severity of emotional labor. Especially, mindfulness training group with neurofeedback might be expected to show the highest improvement in various clinical scales and biomarkers including EEG and HRV.