Predicting mental burnout among Israeli Home Front Command soldiers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Antonovsky, Aaron; Danon, Roey; Schiff, Miriam; Shelef, Leah

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“…In addition, high levels of meaningfulness were associated with high levels of personal accomplishment. These results replicate the findings in the existing literature [32,33] regarding the relationship between SOC and mental health. Stoyanova and colleagues [16], for example, reported strong associations between the three components of SOC and the burnout dimensions among health care workers and suggested that the combination of the cognitive, motivational, and instrumental aspects of SOC can predict burnout.…”

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The Health-Sustaining, Moderating, and Mediating Roles of Sense of Coherence in the Relationship between Fear of COVID-19 and Burnout among South African Teachers

Padmanabhanunni

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Ashraf

2022

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The current study focuses on the interrelationship between fear of COVID-19, sense of coherence, and burnout. Participants (n = 355) were school teachers from across all provinces in South Africa who completed the Fear of COVID-19 Scale, the Sense of Coherence Scale, and the Maslach Burnout Inventory. It was hypothesized that the dimensions of sense of coherence would be directly associated with burnout and would also mediate or moderate the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and burnout. The results of the path and moderation analyses conducted confirmed this hypothesis. In particular, the health-sustaining role of sense of coherence was demonstrated through the significant direct associations between comprehensibility and manageability on one hand and emotional exhaustion, as well as depersonalization, on the other hand. In addition, meaningfulness had significant direct associations with emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment. Meaningfulness mediated the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and all burnout subscales, while comprehensibility and manageability only mediated the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and both emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. However, comprehensibility and manageability played a moderating role in the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and personal accomplishment. These findings confirm the crucial role of protective factors, such as sense of coherence, and highlights the need for interventions that could strengthen these resources within teachers.

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The Health-Sustaining, Moderating, and Mediating Roles of Sense of Coherence in the Relationship between Fear of COVID-19 and Burnout among South African Teachers

Padmanabhanunni

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Ashraf

2022

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“…Similar findings were reported in an Israeli study among military reserve rescue teams of the Home Front Command. They were recruited and assigned to reinforce Israel's national emergency medical service at its operational call center (Avishai Antonovsky et al, 2021).…”

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“…Mental fitness is more specific and task oriented than SOC, but the stronger the people's SOC, the easier it will be for them to develop and maintain a high level of mental fitness. For example, in the study described earlier of military rescue soldiers in Israel's national emergency medical service during the COVID-19 pandemic, SOC was the best predictor of (and inversely related to) sense of threat, state anxiety, and burnout (Avishai Antonovsky et al, 2021). In that study, it was also found that a subgroup of soldiers who had been given structured mental preparation based on salutogenic principles of providing information, strengthening resistance resources, and emphasizing meaningfulness exhibited less burnout and a higher degree of subjective well-being than those who had not received such preparation (Danon et al, 2020).…”

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Salutogenesis and the Mental Health of First Responders

Antonovsky

2022

The Handbook of Salutogenesis

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In this chapter, the author addresses salutogenesis and the mental health of first responders (FRs). Research has observed FRs to be prone to psychological distress and psychopathology resulting from their repeated exposure to potentially traumatic events. Most of the literature is focused on postevent treatment. The author discusses a mental fitness model that includes salutogenically oriented psychoeducation and other activities to enhance mental fitness among FRs and build their psychological strengths as they face adversities on their job.In closing, the author recommends that besides psychopathology-oriented programs intended for providing mental first aid to FRs and for the communities who experience potentially traumatic events, intervention also should include salutogenically based mental preparation programs. These should emphasize the strengths and resources that could help FRs arrive at scenes of disaster equipped with salutogenic resources, at the strategic as well as tactical levels.

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“…One that has already been completed was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020. We examined SOC as a predictor of well-being, burnout, state anxiety, and sense of threat among Israeli Home Front Command reserve soldiers who were assigned to assist in a medical emergency call center (Avishai Antonovsky et al, 2021;Danon et al, 2020). SOC was found as a strong predictor of the aforementioned variables (and stronger than self-efficacy).…”

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Salutogenesis and Mental Health Promotion in Military Settings

Antonovsky

2022

The Handbook of Salutogenesis

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This chapter centers on salutogenic work in military settings in the context of mental health promotion. The author opens with a personal account of how he found himself engaging in salutogenic research within a military setting, and touches upon some moral questions that this research arena brings up. The author then describes negative consequences of military service, as a background for discussing some salutogenically oriented programs intended to enhance mental fitness of soldiers, accompanied by empirical research findings. Finally, the author suggests some insights and recommendations for further applications of salutogenesis in military settings.

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Predicting mental burnout among Israeli Home Front Command soldiers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract: Abbreviations GRRs, generalized resistance resources; HFC, Home Front Command; IDF, Israeli Defense Forces; SOC, sense of coherence; SOT, sense of threat; SRH, self-rated health; SRRs, specific resistance resources.

Cited by 8 publications

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The Health-Sustaining, Moderating, and Mediating Roles of Sense of Coherence in the Relationship between Fear of COVID-19 and Burnout among South African Teachers

The Health-Sustaining, Moderating, and Mediating Roles of Sense of Coherence in the Relationship between Fear of COVID-19 and Burnout among South African Teachers

Salutogenesis and the Mental Health of First Responders

Salutogenesis and Mental Health Promotion in Military Settings

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