| Summary: | This thesis was a part of a research project called “The Effectiveness of Mindfulness Practices in the
Recovery of Burnout” (Muupu). The goal of the project was to relieve symptoms of burnout by
exercising mindfulness-, acceptance- and values-based practices with a short term intervention. The
aim of this thesis was to investigate the role of values clarification work during the intervention. It
was presumed that the intervention will lead change into positive direction, so that negative
symptoms decrease and positive factors connected to mindfulness- and acceptance-based skills
increase and values clarification work mediates the change.
The 73 participants were 29-59 years old with the majority of women and were in the highest 25
percent of burnout level measured by Bergen Burnout Indicator 15. Repeated measures t-tests were
conducted in order to investigate the effect of intervention and mediation analysis to detect the
effect of values work on this change. The burnout, stress levels and the occurrence and believing in
automatic negative thoughts decreased, and flexibility, mindfulness skills and ability to work
increased. The values mediated the change of psychological flexibility during the intervention when
the background variables (gender, age and education) were controlled. There was no mediation
effect for other measures. Our results support the view that it would be relevant to emphasize the
values clarification work in clinical field.
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