A Preliminary Study on LEGO®-Based Workplace Stress Reduction with Six Bricks and LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® in Taiwan

Pay-Ling Harn, Chao-Chi Hsiao

This study was aimed at using Six Bricks and LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® to construct a workplace stress reduction model and investigate it’s stress-reduction effect. Seven Taiwan workers with different expertise were invited to attend a 150-min LEGO®-based workplace stress reduction workshop. Pretest and posttest were conducted using a workplace stress scale to assess the stress-reducing effect of the LEGO®-based workplace stress reduction. Two additional open-ended questions were incorporated in the posttest questionnaire to investigate the contents of change associated with the proposed model. Finally, LEGO ® DUPLO® stress-figure, LEGO ® DUPLO® stress-scale, and the content of open-ended questions were used for content analysis to investigate the contents of change. The findings of this study were as follows: (a) Anxiety and fatigue in the workplace stress scale exhibited declining trend, whereas depression presented no change; the anxiety subscale achieved significant immediate effect. (b) Regarding contents of change, the results indicated that a LEGO®-based workplace stress reduction is able to nourish healing power, inspire deeper and more diverse reflections, and energize a workplace.