APPENDIX A: Observer Reports of Mindful Awareness and Attention (Observer-MAAS)

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS– MIFU-D-15-000352R1

APPENDIX A: Observer reports of Mindful Awareness and Attention (Observer-MAAS)

Seven items fromthe 15-item MAAS (Brown and Ryan 2003)were adapted for use by informants to report third-party observations of discernable change following mindfulness training, if it occurred.

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Below is a collection of statements about everyday experiences. The 1-6 scale indicates how frequently or infrequently these experiences might occur. Please answer according to what you have recently noticed in your interaction with the person. Reflect your observation of the person’s experience rather than what you think the person would wish you to say. Please treat each item separately from every other item.

The scale is scored by calculating the mean score across all items. (Higher score = favourable outcome)

APPENDIX B: Observable job demand and security and Observed Mindful Behaviours (OMB)

The first four items in the following list represent job stressors that influence psychosocial job quality and were adapted from the Household Income Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey (Wooden 2002). These items assess job demand/complexity and security.

The last six items pertain to outcomes proposed in the promotional literature for the five-week Mindfulness at Work Program.

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Below is a collection of statements about some behavioural characteristics. The 1-6 scale below indicates how strongly you agree where 1 = not at all and 6 = strongly agree. Please answer according to what you have recently noticed in your interaction with the person. Reflect your observation of the person’s experience rather than what you think the person would wish you to say. Please treat each item separately from every other item.

Item 1 is reverse coded.

Job quality (demand) is calculated by summing items 1, 3 and 4. (Higher score = favourable outcome)

Job quality (security) is the score on item 2. (Lower score = favourable outcome)

OMB score is calculated by summing across items 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. (Higher score = favourable outcome)

Article: Acceptability, feasibility and efficacy of a workplace mindfulness program for public sector employees: a pilot randomized controlled trial with informant reports.

Authors: Larissa Bartlett, Pamela Lovell, PetrOtahal, Kristy Sanderson

Affiliations:Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania

APPENDIX C: Intercorrelations between outcome variables pre-intervention

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Brown, K. W., & Ryan, R. M. (2003). The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84(4), 822-848, doi:

Wooden, M., Freidin, S. and Watson, N. (2002). The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey: Wave 1. Australian Economic Review, 35(3), 339-348.

Article: Acceptability, feasibility and efficacy of a workplace mindfulness program for public sector employees: a pilot randomized controlled trial with informant reports.

Authors: Larissa Bartlett, Pamela Lovell, PetrOtahal, Kristy Sanderson

Affiliations:Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania