Resilience as a Protective Factor in Basic Military Training, a Longitudinal Study of the Swiss Armed Forces
| العنوان: | Resilience as a Protective Factor in Basic Military Training, a Longitudinal Study of the Swiss Armed Forces |
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| المؤلفون: | Serge Brand, Maria Pramstaller, Sandra Sefidan, Dena Sadeghi-Bahmani, Thomas Wyss, Hubert Annen, Roberto La Marca |
| المصدر: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 18 Issue 11 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 6077, p 6077 (2021) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (11) |
| بيانات النشر: | MDPI, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Adult, Male, Longitudinal study, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, media_common.quotation_subject, perceived stress, Protective factor, Successful completion, dropout, resilience, mental distress, performance, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, Mental distress, Young Adult, 0302 clinical medicine, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, media_common, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Mean age, Protective Factors, Resilience, Psychological, 030227 psychiatry, Cross-Sectional Studies, Military Personnel, Medicine, Psychological resilience, Psychology, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Switzerland, Clinical psychology |
| الوصف: | For recruits, basic military training (BMT) can be experienced as a stressful episode in which relevant protective factors such as resilience might be essential for successful completion of the training. The present study examined whether resilience would act as a protective factor during BMT in the Swiss Armed Forces. To this end, we conducted a cross-sectional and longitudinal study of resilience and psychological burden. At the beginning of the BMT and at week 11, 525 male recruits (mean age: 20.3 years) completed a series of questionnaires covering demographic information and assessing resilience, perceived stress and mental distress. In parallel, their superiors rated recruits’ military performance in week 13. Dropout rates were also registered. Cross-sectionally and longitudinally, higher resilience scores predicted lower scores for perceived stress, mental distress, and better military performance. Higher self-rated resilience was moderately associated with military performance, as rated by recruits’ superiors. Resilience scores, perceived stress and mental distress did not differ between those recruits continuing their BMT and dropouts. In support of our assumptions, resilience acted as a protective factor during Swiss Armed Forces BMT. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (11) ISSN:1660-4601 ISSN:1661-7827 |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf; application/application/pdf |
| تدمد: | 1660-4601 1661-7827 |
| DOI: | 10.5451/unibas-ep83863 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::159bb929a0e01cf8bd734a06137f6a01Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....159bb929a0e01cf8bd734a06137f6a01 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 16604601 16617827 |
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| DOI: | 10.5451/unibas-ep83863 |