Can Coaching Reduce Workplace Stress? A Quasi-Experimental Study

By Kristina Gyllensten, Stephen Palmer. International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring, 2005

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This paper presents the main findings from Part I of a study investigating if workplace coaching can reduce stress. Thirty-one participants from a UK finance organisation took part in the quasi-experimental study. Depression, anxiety and stress were measured before and after coaching in a coaching and control group. Levels of anxiety and stress had decreased more in the coaching group compared to the control group, and were lower in the coaching group compared to the control group at the end of the study. However, levels of depression had decreased more in the control group compared to the coaching group. Mixed ANOVAS found no significant interactions between time and coaching for depression, anxiety or stress. Nevertheless, high levels of perceived coaching effectiveness were reported by the participants.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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Evidence-based coaching: Flourishing or languishing? (2007, background): “Gyllensten and Palmer (2005) found that, compared with a nocoaching control group, coaching was associated with lower levels of anxiety and stress, but not depression.”
The State of Play in Coaching Today: A Comprehensive Review of the Field (2010, methodology): “…(b) Control group Compared to controls, peer coaching increased GPs ability to make informed decisions about prostate-specific antigen screening Gyllensten & Palmer (2005) 31 participants from UK finance organization Quasi-experimental field study (a) Coaching group; (b) Control group Anxiety…”
Executive coaching enhances goal attainment, resilience and workplace well-being: a randomised controlled study (2009, methodology): “The impact on depression, anxiety and stress Based on previous work it was hypothesised that participation in the coaching program would be associated with reduced depression, anxiety and stress (e.g., Grant, 2003; Gyllensten & Palmer, 2005).”
Emotional Resilience in the Helping Professions and how it can be Enhanced (2014, background): “Peer coaching refers to a collaborative relationship which aims to enhance personal development by helping people identify personal strengths, promote self-awareness and develop reflective techniques (Goleman & Cherniss 2001, Gyllensten & Palmer 2005).”
Autonomy support, relationship satisfaction and goal focus in the coach–coachee relationship: which best predicts coaching success? (2014, background): “Again, this is in accord with past coaching research (Grant et al., 2009; Gyllensten & Palmer, 2005) which has consistently shown to be associated with improvements on participants’ mental health (Grant et al., 2010).”
Enhancing Wellbeing in Social Work Students: Building Resilience in the Next Generation (2012, background): “Peer coaching is a particularly appropriate technique to enhance resilience as it can help individuals identify personal strengths as well as perceived weaknesses, and promote self-awareness and facilitate reflection on practice (Goleman and Cherniss, 2001; Gyllensten and Palmer, 2005).”