Resilience Training Efficacy by Instructor Specialization: A Program Evaluation with Army Recruits

Gutierrez, Ian A.; Kincaid, M; Best, Antonio; Adler, Amy B.

doi:10.1080/21635781.2021.1876799

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“…Findings indicate that fostering stress tolerance may be a salient resilience factor to foster, particularly for those with more complex histories of childhood adversity. Soldiers-in-training have reported noticeable improvement in perceived knowledge and resiliency skills following resilience training (Gutierrez et al, 2021), and a review of resilience trainings completed with active military have indicated that these trainings can help to significantly lessen the negative effects of exposure to trauma through their military roles on their mental health (Thompson & Dobbins, 2018). Such trainings have the potential to positively influence the mental health of military personnel and mission readiness and represent an area where continued research can better inform policy and practice.…”

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The moderating role of resilience factors for at-risk U.S. army soldiers-in-training: An expansion of a person-centered approach to adverse childhood experiences.

Reed-Fitzke,

Wojciak,

Ferraro

et al. 2024

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The moderating role of resilience factors for at-risk U.S. army soldiers-in-training: An expansion of a person-centered approach to adverse childhood experiences.

Reed-Fitzke,

Wojciak,

Ferraro

et al. 2024

Traumatology

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“…For example, researchers observed that the emphasis on resilience helped to build military-relevant skills; the same skills can both help and hinder individuals as they transition back to civilian life [55]. In the same way, soldiers with high levels of resilience before training who received drill sergeant training showed the greatest improvements in knowledge [70].…”

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Sustainable Reservists’ Services: The Effect of Resilience on the Intention to Remain in the Active Military Reserve Using a Parallel Mediating Model

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The high priority of military training programs in the army is to improve the resilience of its professional and reserve soldiers. In addition, resilience helps to maintain the optimal cognitive and physical performances necessary for mission success; it also has other positive effects that have not yet been studied. Therefore, the purpose of the current study is to understand the effect of psychological resilience (PRE) on the intention of reservists to remain in the active reserve (FMT) after the completion of combat training. In addition, we focus on the motivation (prosocial motivation (PRM) and intrinsic motivation (IMT)) and psychological capital (passion in the pursuit of long-term goals (LTGs), proactivity (PRO), and capability to harness the circumstances (SEF)), and achieved a level of competence after the completion of training (ACH). Building on the perspective of training sustainable reserve soldiers’ capabilities and the theory of psychological resilience, we hypothesize and assess the effect of psychological resilience on the intention of reservists to remain in the active reserve for future military training, as well as the mediating role of psychological capital, motivation, and the obtained training ratings. The study hypotheses are tested on a sample of 345 Lithuanian reserve soldiers. The mediating effects are tested by employing the PROCESS v3.5 macro program developed by Hayes, and bootstrap 10,000. The main findings propose that the total impact of psychological resilience is highly positive (β = 0.659, t = 7.670, p < 0.001) and influences the decision of the reservists to extend their capabilities in future military training. Furthermore, intrinsic motivation (β = 0.691, p < 0.001, and 58.6% of the total effect) and the achieved rating of completed training (β = 0.136, p < 0.01, and 21.2% of the total effect) positively mediate the relationship between psychological resilience and the intention to remain in the active reserve. Selected bootstrap confidence interval and Sobel test statistics with two-tailed probability values evidence the robustness of the mediating results. The significance of the theoretical and practical implications is discussed.

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“…Start et al (2020) discovered that the implementation of training in an organization often depends not on experts but on the military personnel in the organization who are responsible for the delivery of the planned training. Zanesco et al (2019) and Gutierrez et al (2021) demonstrate that the effectiveness of resilience training also depends on the type of instructor and his/her ability to convey and apply the knowledge in real situations.…”

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Challenges of resilience training for military personnel in the Lithuanian Armed Forces

Prakapienė,

Kazlauskaitė Markelienė

2024

Problems and Perspectives in Management

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Resilience is a complex phenomenon that results from the natural human response to adapt to change through the ability to cope with or respond to threats. In today’s security challenges, military personnel are responsible for the defense of their country, and exposure to unfamiliar situations can harm the ability of military personnel to perform successfully. Therefore, this study aims to identify the challenges in resilience training for the Lithuanian Armed Forces military personnel. The study uses a qualitative research method and an in-depth interview. Eight military psychologists participated in the study. The selection criteria for the informants were currently employed/serving in the military with at least five years of experience and participating in resilience training. The results revealed that there has been significant recent attention to and need for resilience training in the Lithuanian Armed Forces, but that resilience development is fragmented. The findings show that the lack of a unified concept of resilience in the Lithuanian Armed Forces complicates the development of a unified resilience training system. Summarizing the organizational aspects of resilience training for military personnel in the Lithuanian Armed Forces, the following key challenges were identified. There is a lack of leadership support for resilience education; the need for the development of trainers or responsible persons involved in resilience education; the lack of a clear perception of the value of resilience education among trainers; the need for unification and systematization of the education system through the updating/creation of the use of a system for feedback and evaluation. AcknowledgmentWe acknowledge General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania for financial support in publishing this article.

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Resilience Training Efficacy by Instructor Specialization: A Program Evaluation with Army Recruits

Cited by 4 publications

References 27 publications

The moderating role of resilience factors for at-risk U.S. army soldiers-in-training: An expansion of a person-centered approach to adverse childhood experiences.

The moderating role of resilience factors for at-risk U.S. army soldiers-in-training: An expansion of a person-centered approach to adverse childhood experiences.

Sustainable Reservists’ Services: The Effect of Resilience on the Intention to Remain in the Active Military Reserve Using a Parallel Mediating Model

Challenges of resilience training for military personnel in the Lithuanian Armed Forces

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