Table 1.

The content and homework of adapted group mindfulness based stress management program

Session	Content	Homework
First	Pre-test and participants' acquaintance with each other and group rules The concept of perceived stress, physiological, psychological and behavioral outcomes of stress The concept of assessment and how to form triple assessments in a stressful situation	Identify stressors of life and work environment, demands and resources of work and life, study the signs and consequences of stress and workplace stress, how to evaluate different situations of life and work environment
Second	The concept of mindfulness and automatic guidance Practice eating raisins to explain the logic concerning mindfulness	Identify stressful situations and how to evaluate different work and life situations Pay attention to life situations and focus attention Practice eating raisins or any other similar exercise on a daily basis and record the resulting experiences
Third	The concept of staying in the present time, explaining the philosophical foundations of the past, present and future The concept of attention span Perform sitting meditation Practice focusing for a minute and staying in the present The concept of awareness of breathing Practice three-minute breathing awareness	Identify stressful situations and how to evaluate different work and life situations Practice one-minute and three-minute breathing awareness
Fourth	The concept of body meditation, the ability to combine the characteristics of mindfulness with gained experience The concept of the unity of mind and body Practice body assessment with the example of the elephant in the dark	Identify stressful situations and how to evaluate different work and life situations Practice three-minute breathing awareness and body assessment meditation
Fifth	The association of thoughts with emotions and behaviors Automatic thoughts, rumination Positive and negative emotions, the concept of organizational justice, sitting with thoughts and feelings and practicing it The concept of acceptance	Identify stressful situations and how to evaluate different work and life situations Complete an extended ABC form to identify the relationship between thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and body sensations Practice three-minute breathing awareness and body assessment meditation
Sixth	The concept of self- compassion, familiarity with compassionate meditation Practice loving meditation Non-judgmental mind and initiator mind The role of mindfulness in improving relationships, the impact of judgments on communication	Identify stressful situations and how to evaluate different work and life situations Practice three-minute breathing awareness, body assessment meditation, compassionate meditation, and loving meditation
Seventh	The concept of coping, coping styles with stress Efficient and inefficient styles Time management, allegory of rubble and fine and coarse sand, expression of awareness of activities in daily life and work environment	Identify stressful situations and how to evaluate different work and life situations Practice three-minute breathing awareness and body assessment meditation Emotion-oriented and problem-oriented strategies in stressful situations Rubble and coarse grains in life and work environment
Eighth	How to maintain changes in life and work environment, summarizing, reviewing last week's assignments and completing questionnaires	Practicing awareness of breathing Tuesday minute of and meditation inspection body