The worst peacetime disaster in United States Army history occurred on December 12, 1985 Gander, Newfoundland. A charter airline carrying 248 soldiers home from peacekeeping duties the Sinai Desert crashed after a refueling stop, killing all board. After crash, family assistance workers were appointed to help surviving members of each dead soldier. While substantial attention has been paid impact sudden disasters survivors and bereaved relatives, little is known about health risks those who...

AbstractAlthough many people suffer physical and mental health decrements following exposure to stress, others show remarkable resilience, remaining healthy despite high stress levels. If the factors that account for resilience can be clearly identified understood, perhaps enhanced even those most vulnerable stress. One potential pathway is personality hardiness, a characteristic sense life meaningful, we choose our own futures, change interesting valuable. This article applies this...

Military ‘Special Forces’ represent a high‐reliability occupation, where stress levels are often intense and failure can be costly. Selection for such jobs should pay careful attention to psychological factors associated with resiliency under stress. In the present study, US Army Special Forces candidates ( N =1138) were assessed hardiness using short form of Dispositional Resilience Scale, these scores then applied predict successful completion course. Independent sample t ‐tests logistic...

This research explored the relationship between meaningfulness of work, personality hardiness, and deriving long-term benefits from a stressful event. U.S. soldiers participating in peacekeeping mission to Bosnia completed measures assessing meaning their work hardiness midway through 1-year deployment (mid-deployment) measure 4-5 months after it was over (postdeployment). Structural equation modeling revealed that associated with being engaged meaningful during deployment, which strongly...

As active-duty forces continue to shrink in the post-Cold War military, reserve and National Guard units play an increasingly important role deployments of all types. When mobilized for deployment, reservists may experience a range major life stressors addition encountered area military operations. Although previous studies show ill effects stress on some these personnel, few have sought explain continued good health resiliency displayed by majority veterans. This study examined personality...

Test-retest correlations provide the most appropriate estimate of reliability when short scales are used to measure complex constructs. A brief, 15-item hardiness scale was developed from a longer version known as Dispositional Resilience Scale (DRS), which first appeared in 1989. This (DRS-15) has advantages brevity, good internal consistency, and validity (Barone, 1995, - 1999); however, test-retest not yet been estimated. The present study addresses this issue, using sample 104 military...

U.S. military forces are increasingly involved in a variety of multinational peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance missions. How well combat-trained units soldiers adapt to these new roles will determine success such operations, as the future health readiness force. In preparing for missions, it is critical that leaders care providers have clear understanding nature stressors they likely encounter. This report summarizes findings from longitudinal, descriptive case study Army medical unit...

1-4338-1998-8AbstractThe U.S. Military Academy has historically used an academically weighted composite of aptitude, leadership, and physical ability indices for selection candidates to predict their performance at the Academy. Researchers West Point have begun investigate incremental contribution a variety less traditional nonaptitude or noncognitive factors in predicting performance. Particular focus centered on hardiness grit because they been shown persistence through Cadet Basic...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the influence psychological hardiness, social judgment, and “Big Five” personality dimensions on leader performance in US military academy cadets at West Point. Design/methodology/approach Army were studied two different organizational contexts, i.e. summer field training during academic semesters. Leader was measured with leadership grades (supervisor ratings) aggregated over four years Findings After controlling for general intellectual...

In the 30 years that have elapsed since it was first introduced, concept of hardiness has continued to attract attention and interest researchers from all over world. The purpose this study examine reliability factor structure a revised Norwegian scale (Dispositional Resilience Scale 15; DRS-15). Using exploratory confirmatory analytic strategies with large sample working adults (N = 7,280), support found for hierarchical comprising general dimension three sub-dimensions (commitment,...

To perform effectively in complex mission environments, security personnel and leaders must be flexible adaptable responding to rapidly changing conditions. Psychological hardiness marks resilient people who maintain their health performance despite stressful situations. The present study evaluates psychological at entry W est P oint military academy as a predictor of leader adaptability over time. Predictors also included S cholastic A ptitude T ( SAT ) scores, composite indicator potential...

ABSTRACT Deployments are stressful for both service members and their families. To promote the overall health welfare of those impacted by military deployment, it is important to identify individual resilience-building resources that can employ strengthen own well-being, well-being families, readiness force. This pilot study examines different skills may impact relationship quality, family satisfaction post-deployment. A cross-sectional sample 78 married U.S. enlisted (n = 24) commissioned...

Although cohesion is frequently believed to improve performance in military units, few studies have sought determine what factors contribute its formation. In this study, we used a quasi-experimental design evaluate the effects of several on small-unit 2 cohorts Norwegian Navy officer cadets. Cohesion levels squad-size units were assessed before and after an intensive, week-long sustained operations exercise. Factors found increased included experience stressful exercise itself previous...

Attending university is a pleasurable experience for many students. Yet others it represents highly stressful time of extensive studying and pressure to meet the requirements academia. Academic stress associated with variety negative outcomes such as physical illness deteriorating mental health. This paper explores capacity personality hardiness buffer relationship between academic Results showed that was negatively both number health complaints, moderated association

Alcohol abuse is a growing problem in the military, and costly one. The present study evaluates potential role of psychological hardiness, an individual resilience resource, to stress-related drinking military population. We assess association hardiness avoidance coping style with alcohol use patterns large national sample Norwegian defense personnel. Results show that low high are significant predictors abuse. Also, challenge facet predicts risk among respondents recent deployment...

This study examined the protective effects of hardiness (dispositional resilience) on self-reported posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in a sample postdeployed service members. Hardiness was negatively related to PTSD symptoms. Time military, number deployments, and total time spent deployment were all positively moderated military symptoms, such that had no effect those who high hardiness. did not moderate either measure. Suggestions modify current resilience training programs...

Stress is a growing problem in the general population, but most especially for workers responding to COVID-19 crisis. The present study examines stress and Burnout Health Care Emergency Responders during third COVID wave Italy. In addition, we explore value of psychological Hardiness positive coping strategies as protective factors against ill-effects stress.Over 5-month period 2021, surveys were administered across all Italian regions several groups including (N = 220), (firefighters, civil...

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to sharp increases in mental health problems around the world, most notably anxiety and depression. present study examines hardiness age as potential protective factors against effects of COVID-related stress. A sample Canadians balanced across gender, completed an online survey including measures COVID related stressors, hardiness, depression, anxiety, along with age, other demographics. Conditional PROCESS analysis showed that stressors significant Hardiness...

There is evidence that young people are at high risk of developing gambling disorders. The prevalence and correlates among youth therefore merit closer study. During spring 2004, a sample 1,351 boys girls (aged 16-19 years) from 151 high-school classes (clusters) participated in an internet survey about gambling. response rate was 69.8%. instruments used the were Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test Massachusetts Adolescent Gambling Screen, addition to...