en The Effect of Mindfulness Training on Work-life Balance and Safety Behaviors of Employees of an Industrial Company in Ahvaz تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effect of mindfulness training on work-life balance and safety behaviors in an industrial company in Ahvaz. This research was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The participants consisted of 40 employees who were selected through convenience sampling method; they were randomly assigned</span></span> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">into the experimental and the control groups. The instruments included Work-life Balance questionnaire (Wong & Ko, 2009) and Safe Behaviors questionnaire (Saleh, 2010), which were administered to both groups in the pretest and posttest phases. The experimental group received the training intervention of mindfulness based on Cullen and Brito Pons&rsquo;s (2015) model during eight 90-minute sessions. While the control group received no intervention. The data were analyzed by analysis of covariance using SPSS software (version 24). The results showed that mindfulness training led to an increase in work-life balance and safety behaviors in the experimental group compared to the control group. According to the obtained results, it was suggested that managers hold a mindfulness program and increase work-life balance, safety behaviors, and the psychological well-being of employees. Thus, long-term benefits to the entire organization and employees can be obtained. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div> &nbsp; <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effect of mindfulness training on work-life balance and safety behaviors in an industrial company in Ahvaz. This research was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The participants consisted of 40 employees who were selected through convenience sampling method; they were randomly assigned</span></span> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">into the experimental and the control groups. The instruments included Work-life Balance questionnaire (Wong & Ko, 2009) and Safe Behaviors questionnaire (Saleh, 2010), which were administered to both groups in the pretest and posttest phases. The experimental group received the training intervention of mindfulness based on Cullen and Brito Pons&rsquo;s (2015) model during eight 90-minute sessions. While the control group received no intervention. The data were analyzed by analysis of covariance using SPSS software (version 24). The results showed that mindfulness training led to an increase in work-life balance and safety behaviors in the experimental group compared to the control group. According to the obtained results, it was suggested that managers hold a mindfulness program and increase work-life balance, safety behaviors, and the psychological well-being of employees. Thus, long-term benefits to the entire organization and employees can be obtained. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div> mindfulness, work-life balance, safety behaviors mindfulness, work-life balance, safety behaviors 243 269 http://ijpb.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-184-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Sima Parizadeh Sima Parizadeh simaparizade91@gmail.com 10031947532846002357 10031947532846002357 Yes Department of Industrial & Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences & Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran Department of Industrial & Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences & Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran Kioumars Beshlideh Kioumars Beshlideh k.beshlideh@scu.ac.ir 10031947532846002358 10031947532846002358 No Department of Industrial & Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences & Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran Department of Industrial & Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences & Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran Nasrin Arshadi Nasrin Arshadi narshadi@scu.ac.ir 10031947532846002359 10031947532846002359 No Department of Industrial & Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences & Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran Department of Industrial & Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences & Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran Bahram Peymannia Bahram Peymannia B.peymannia@scu.ac.ir 10031947532846002360 10031947532846002360 No Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences & Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences & Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran