Dispositional Resilience Research Articles

Positive psychological functioning, resilience and styles of coping as buffers against suicidal behaviours. A case-control study

BackgroundStudies in the literature mainly focus on understanding the risk factors for suicide, giving little relevance to protective variables. This study aimed at exploring the specific contribution of protective variables (resilience, coping and psychological well-being) in hospitalized suicide attempt (SA) makers. MethodsWe recruited 50 inpatients who made a SA before admission and 50 inpatients with no history of SA matched for DSM-5 diagnosis, gender and age. Protective variables were evaluated with: Brief COPE questionnaire, Dispositional Resilience Scale (DRS-15), Psychological Well-Being Scale (PWB-18). Psychopathological features and symptom severity were assessed with: Global Assessment of Functioning Scale (GAF), Rapid Dimensional Assessment Scale (SVARAD), Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), Clinical Global Impressions (CGI), Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS17). ResultsThe DRS-15 total score was significantly lower in SA makers. SA makers displayed significantly lower scores on the Engagement and Cognitive Restructuring subscales of the Brief COPE. On the PWB-18, the Self-Acceptance subscale score was lower in SA makers. LimitationsThe small sample size suggests the need for caution in interpreting the results. Matching was carried out by excluding diagnoses of personality disorders. ConclusionsPatients hospitalized following a SA are more often diagnosed with personality disorders, have deficit areas concerning resilience and coping, and lower psychological well-being compared to patients without a SA. When approaching a patient who has committed a SA, it may be useful to evaluate protective variables as well as risk factors, and encourage the development of adaptive coping mechanisms and positive self-evaluation through more dynamic therapeutic paths.

The Relationship Between Teacher Efficacy and Hardiness in Inclusive School Teachers at the Foundation of Inspiring Learners in Bukittinggi City

Teachers in inclusive schools have diverse and complex responsibilities, necessitating a high level of hardiness to cope with pressure and stress. Teacher efficacy is a crucial factor that helps them face these challenges. This study aims to determine the relationship between teacher efficacy and hardiness among teachers in inclusive schools at the Yayasan Inspirasi Pembelajar in Bukittinggi. This research employs a quantitative method with a correlational approach. The analysis technique used is Pearson Product Moment. The sample consists of all teachers in inclusive schools at the Yayasan Inspirasi Pembelajar in Bukittinggi, totaling 54 individuals, obtained through total population sampling. Data collection was conducted using the Teacher Sense of Efficacy Scale and the Dispositional Resilience Scale: A Short Hardiness Scale. The results indicate a significant relationship between teacher efficacy and hardiness among inclusive school teachers. The correlation analysis shows a correlation coefficient (r) of 0.322 with a significance value (p) of 0.018 (p < 0.05). This means that the higher the level of teacher efficacy, the higher the level of hardiness they possess. These findings suggest that enhancing teacher efficacy can contribute to increasing teacher hardiness, helping them manage stress in inclusive school teaching. Therefore, it is crucial for educational institutions to provide training and support to improve teacher efficacy and thus strengthen teacher resilience.

The effect of dispositional resilience on the relationship between professional quality of life and psychological distress factors of nurses during the pandemic: A three-wave longitudinal study.

COVID-19 overwhelmed all healthcare workers, especially nurses, who worked tirelessly in patient care in extremely stressful situations. Italy, with its hospital overcrowding and staff shortages, exacerbated these negative consequences. A three-wave prospective longitudinal-design was adopted to use validated scales to examine the trend of stress, anxiety, depression and resilience on the professional quality of life of nurses who worked during the pandemic. During an 8-month period, a sample of 411 individuals was recruited and surveyed three times. Resilience showed an increasing positive trend from the first to the third wave, increasing its effects on the outcomes and demonstrating its important protective role. The compassion fatigue showed progressively higher scores in the three waves, indicating greater workload perception and greater difficulty in managing the patients' perceived stress. Burnout increased in the first compared to second waves but decreased significantly in the third wave, due to the effect of resilience on burnout that was significantly stronger in the third wave. Our findings align with the literature about the role of resilience and emphasize the importance of investing in strategies aimed at developing resilience in healthcare workers and providing prevention and assistance to them in terms of job demands and unsustainable stressors.

Multimodal neural correlates of dispositional resilience among healthy individuals

Resilient individuals are less likely to develop psychiatric disorders despite extreme psychological distress. This study investigated the multimodal structural neural correlates of dispositional resilience among healthy individuals. Participants included 92 healthy individuals. The Korean version of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale and other psychological measures were used. Gray matter volumes (GMVs), cortical thickness, local gyrification index (LGI), and white matter (WM) microstructures were analyzed using voxel-based morphometry, FreeSurfer, and tract-based spatial statistics, respectively. Higher resilient individuals showed significantly higher GMVs in the inferior frontal gyrus (IFG), increased LGI in the insula, and lower fractional anisotropy values in the superior longitudinal fasciculus II (SLF II). These resilience’s neural correlates were associated with good quality of life in physical functioning or general health and low levels of depression. Therefore, the GMVs in the IFG, LGI in the insula, and WM microstructures in the SLF II can be associated with resilience that contributes to emotional regulation, empathy, and social cognition.

Job Loss Due to COVID-19: A Longitudinal Study of Mental Health, Protective and Risk Factors.

The COVID-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on unemployment, which-compounded by the additional stressors associated with the pandemic-had considerable mental health impact. The current study examined the trajectory of mental health amongst those experiencing pandemic-related job loss, alongside the impact of risk and protective factors. Data were obtained from 374 Australian participants who were allocated to a waitlist control arm of a randomised control trial. The outcome variables assessed at baseline and six-month follow-up consisted of depression, anxiety, and suicidality. The assessed risk and protective factors were age, gender, relationship status, education, exercise frequency, COVID-related stress, dispositional resilience, and coping self-efficacy. Re-employment by follow-up was used as a covariate. Overall, there were decreases in depression and anxiety symptoms, and partial evidence of decreased suicidality, demonstrating an apparent capacity for individuals to better cope with their circumstances over time. Demographics and exercise had no effect on changes in mental health. Those with high COVID-related stress, low resilience, and low coping self-efficacy had worse mental health at baseline, although exhibited significantly greater improvements in mental health over time. Obtaining re-employment by follow-up did not predict changes in mental health. The present results offer an optimistic picture of recovery for those experiencing pandemic-related job loss, even for those with the most substantial risk and severity. The likely protective role played by Australian social welfare policies over the course of the study is explored. Stress around one's broader sociocultural or economic circumstances, perceived resilience, and coping self-efficacy are valuable targets for intervention.

Systematic Review: Measurement Methods and Concept of Resilience Among Seafarers.

Shipping is considered a demanding environment that can significantly impact seafarers' well-being and mental health. This review aims to examine existing literature on the resilience of seafarers, with a focus on the measurement methods used. Furthermore, this study intends to gain a comprehensive understanding of the current state of research in the field of seafarers' resilience, examining the variations in defining and conceptualizing resilience across different studies and contexts. The review identified 99 studies published between 2003 and 2023, with ten studies being included in the final analysis. These studies employed various measurement methods and provided definitions of resilience. Five questionnaires were identified, with the Dispositional Resilience Scale-15 (DRS-15) being the most commonly used. Two of the selected studies had a longitudinal follow-up, while eight were cross-sectional. Four studies related to tankers, and an additional four studies focused on naval vessels, while two studies did not specify the vessel type. The publications were distributed in the period between 2003 and 2013 (two papers) and between 2013 and 2023 (eight papers). The identified themes encompassed shipboard stressors (three papers), sleep problems (two papers), occupational groups or attitudes (two papers), experiences in war (two papers), and intervention measures (one paper), highlighting the multidimensional nature of resilience within the maritime field. This review suggests a research gap, as it reveals that the topic of resilience in seafaring has been sparsely represented. Despite an increasing interest in recent years, research remains limited, particularly in the civilian maritime sector. Therefore, this review highlights the importance of understanding and promoting resilience among seafarers. While the variety of questionnaires used was limited, achieving consensus and standardization in resilience measurement is essential for more comparable and consistent research findings. Recognizing resilience as a crucial resource can promote the development of targeted interventions and support systems, enhancing seafarers' well-being and mental health.

Relative Impact of Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, and Psychological Resilience on Mental Health Outcomes in Racially Minoritized Adults.

Racially minoritized adults lack equal representation in research and experience disparities in healthcare. Little is known about which trait-level factors may help mitigate negative and promote positive psychological health among adults from these communities. The aim of this study was to assess the differential impact of dispositional mindfulness, self-compassion, and resilience in predicting depression, anxiety, stress, and life satisfaction in a sample of racially minoritized adults. This study is a cross-sectional analysis of 169 participants (37.3% female and 62.7% male) between the ages of 18 and 64 (M = 37.05; SD = 11.94). Separate hierarchical multiple regression models examined the relative influence of mindfulness facets (acting with awareness (AA); nonjudging of inner experience (NJ), and nonreactivity of inner experience (NR)), self-compassion, and resilience in predicting depression, anxiety, stress, and life satisfaction. Self-compassion, resilience, AA, and NR predicted depression; self-compassion, resilience, and NR predicted anxiety; self-compassion, resilience, and NR predicted stress; and self-compassion predicted satisfaction with life. Self-compassion, resilience, AA, NJ, and NR differentially predicted depression, anxiety, stress, and life satisfaction; however, only self-compassion consistently predicted all outcomes. Future research may incorporate an intersectional methodology and account for differences among different racially minoritized groups.

Companionship Of Psychological Hardiness, Narcissism, And Perfectionism On Depression Tendency Among Undergraduate Students In Oyo State, Nigeria

The aim of this study was to examine the companionship of psychological hardiness, narcissism, and perfectionism on depression tendency among undergraduate students in Oyo State, Nigeria. A qualitative research design by means of correlational approach was adopted to pilot the study. A total of one thousand and eighty-six (1086) participants selected through a process of stratified random sampling from Oyo State, Nigeria, partook in the study. Four measuring instruments: Depression Proneness Rating Scale-11 (α=.77), Dispositional Resilience Scale (α= .73), Almost Perfect Scale-Revised (α= .87), and Pathological Narcissism Inventory (α= .91) were used to garner data. Collected data were subjected to analysis through Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Multiple regression model. Findings revealed that a combination of predictor variable accounted for 42% of the total variance in depression tendency (R2=.417; F (5,1080)= 154.768; p<.01). Independently, psychological hardiness (r=-. 404; β-.236; t= -9.486; p<.01), Normal Perfectionism (r= -.370; β= -.355; t=-12.530; p<.01), and narcissistic grandiosity (r= .238; β=-.213; t= -7.532) yielded anti correlational relationship with depression tendency. However, the relationships of Narcissistic Vulnerability (r=.282; β=286; t=9.866; p< .01) and neurotic perfectionism (r= .238; β=.278; 10.031; p<.01) with depression tendency yielded positive prediction. The study outcomes were discussed, and the studied variables were recommended to be considered while diagnosing depression symptoms among undergraduate students.

Interrelations of resilience factors and their incremental impact for mental health: insights from network modeling using a prospective study across seven timepoints

Resilience can be viewed as trajectory of stable good mental health or the quick recovery of mental health during or after stressor exposure. Resilience factors (RFs) are psychological resources that buffer the potentially negative effects of stress on mental health. A problem of resilience research is the large number of conceptually overlapping RFs complicating their understanding. The current study sheds light on the interrelations of RFs in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic as a use case for major disruptions. The non-preregistered prospective study assessed a sample of 1275 German-speaking people from February 2020 to March 2021 at seven timepoints. We measured coping, hardiness, control beliefs, optimism, self-efficacy, sense of coherence (SOC), sense of mastery, social support and dispositional resilience as RFs in February 2020, and mental health (i.e., psychopathological symptoms, COVID-19-related rumination, stress-related growth) at all timepoints. Analyses used partial correlation network models and latent growth mixture modeling (LGMM). Pre-pandemic RFs were strongly interrelated, with SOC being the most central node. The strongest associations emerged between coping using emotional support and social support, SOC and sense of mastery, and dispositional resilience and self-efficacy. SOC and active coping were negatively linked. When we examined RFs as predictors of mental health trajectories, SOC was the strongest predictor of psychopathological symptoms and rumination, while trajectories of stress-related growth were predicted by optimism. Subsequent network analyses, including individual intercepts and slopes from LGMM, showed that RFs had small to moderate associations with intercepts but were unrelated to slopes. Our findings provide evidence for SOC playing an important role in mental distress and suggest further examining SOC’s incremental validity. However, our results also propose that RFs might be more important for stable levels of mental health than for adaptation processes over time. The differential associations for negative and positive outcomes support the use of multidimensional outcomes in resilience research.

Differcence in Levels of Hardiness Personality Between Generation X, Generation Y, and Generation Z

This study explored generational differences in hardiness personality levels. The study used a cross-sectional method and had 128 subjects who were selected using stratified purposive sampling. Data was collected using Bartone’s modified dispositional resilience (hardiness) scale. Data analysis was conducted using One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) to determine whether; there is a significant difference between generations X, Y, and Z in their hardiness personality; and whether Generation X had the highest score in the Control, Challenge, and Commitment dimensions. Through analysis, it was found that there was a significant difference between generation X and Z in the Challenge dimension a significant difference between both Generation; X and Y with Z in the Commitment dimension. Meanwhile, all generations had no differences in the Control dimension. Furthermore, we also found that Generation X had the highest score on challenge and commitment dimensions, but Generation Z had the highest score on control. Based on this, support is needed according to the needs of each individual, such as making Generation X a guide to increase their control and providing space for Generation Z to make decisions independently.
 Keywords: Personality Hardiness, Generation X, Millennials, Generation Z, Cross- Sectional Analysis

Жизненная успешность, диспозиционный оптимизм и резилентность молодёжи с различным характером учебно-профессиональной деятельности

Abstract: Introduction. The article contains theoretical and empirical data on the study of the relationship between the components of success in life, dispositional optimism and resilience.
 The relevance of the scientific problem lies in the search and justification of a complex of personal resources that would allow the individual to live most constructively in the modern world.
 The novelty of the study lies in identifying the relationship of such personality resources as dispositional optimism and resilience with the meta-resource of success in life.
 The methodological foundations of the meta-resource concept of success in life are the principles of regulatory, subjective and resource approaches. Success in life as a meta-resource of a personality is a psychological regulator that provides a reflexive correlation by a personality of goals with the expected and achieved results of personal activity based on their own value-semantic and emerging socio-cultural conditions through such components as reflexive mechanisms, personality qualities and experiences.
 The purpose of the study: to study the severity and interrelationships of success in life, dispositional optimism and resilience as resources necessary for the constructive life of young people in the modern world (on the example of cadets and students of educational institutions of higher education).
 Methods. The study involved 460 respondents aged 18 to 23, including 346 cadets of educational institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (231 men and 115 women) and 114 students of civil universities (41 men and 73 women). Research methods aimed at identifying personal resources were applied:
 “Life success” (N. A. Deeva), “Brief Resilience Scale (BRS)” adapted by V. I. Markova, L. A. Aleksandrova, A A. Zolotareva; Dispositional optimism test (DOT-P) (LOT-R by M. Scheyer, C. Carver and M. Bridges) adapted by T. O. Gordeeva, O. A. Sycheva, E. N. Data collection was carried out through a survey using Google forms.
 Results. Personal resources are expressed at the level of the average age norm, have a large number of relationships and are differentiated depending on gender and the nature of educational and professionalactivities; in the sample of cadets, the most favorable picture is observed; the male student sample showed the most unfavorable picture associated with the low severity of all indicators, fewer significant relationships between them and the discrepancy between the real picture and the subjective assessment of one’s own success; resilience and dispositional optimism are not associated with emotional experiences of success in life.

Physical Fitness and Psychosocial Profiles of Policewomen from Professional Training Courses and Bodyguard Special Police Sub-Unit.

Police work demands a high level of physical fitness (PF) and psychosocial well-being (PSWB) to cope with the challenges and demands of the profession. The profession has historically been male-dominated, and female police officers (POs) face unique challenges and stereotypes. This study aims (i) to identify the PF and PSWB attributes that significantly distinguish the women from three different professional training courses (agents, chiefs, and officers) and (ii) to assess the significance of PF and PSWB attributes on the likelihood that women in professional training courses belonging to a special bodyguard police sub-unit. A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted, involving 102 female POs (professional PO training courses, n = 94; special bodyguard police sub-unit, n = 8). PF (morphology; fitness, including endurance, strength, and flexibility tests) and PSWB (measured through scales for grit and dispositional resilience) attributes were assessed. Significant differences were observed in age, morphological (height and waist-to-hip ratio), fitness (horizontal jump and endurance tests), and PSWB (perseverance in effort and alienation) attributes among the three professional training courses. Stepwise discriminant analysis revealed that waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-height ratio, relative fat mass, relative muscle mass, horizontal jump, and endurance on exertion significantly distinguished between the three groups. Complementarily, it was observed that the waist-to-hip ratio and sit-up attributes influence the probability of women from the professional training courses joining the special bodyguard police sub-unit. The study highlights that (i) female POs in different professional training courses showed distinct PF and PSWB profiles, and (ii) only two PF attributes (waist-to-hip ratio and sit-up) were predictors for the special bodyguard police sub-unit. In accordance, these findings provide valuable insights for designing training programs to support female POs in improving their PF, psychological well-being, and overall performance in the police profession.

Sleep Quality and Its Relationship to Anxiety and Hardiness in a Cohort of Frontline Italian Nurses during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a considerable impact on the psychological and psychopathological status of the population and health care workers in terms of insomnia, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. The primary aim of this study was to describe and evaluate the impact of the pandemic on insomnia levels of a cohort of Italian nurses, particularly those involved in the care of COVID-19 patients. The secondary aim was to identify the interaction between insomnia and hardiness, anxiety, and sleep disturbances. A descriptive-exploratory study was conducted using an online survey during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (March to July 2020). The questionnaire consisted of multiple-choice, open-ended, closed, and semi-closed questions. The psychometric tools administered were the Dispositional Resilience Scale (DRS-15), the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-Y), and the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI). a cohort of 1167 nurses fully completed the questionnaire (86.2% of total respondents). The insomnia scale survey showed an increase in post-pandemic scores compared to those before the pandemic, implying that insomnia levels increased after the first pandemic wave. Insomnia scores were directly correlated with anxiety levels (r = 0.571; p ≤ 0.05) and inversely correlated with hardiness levels (r = -0.324; p < 0.001). Multivariate analysis revealed the following protective factors: not having worked in COVID-19 wards, high levels of hardiness (commitment), and the presence of high pre-pandemic insomnia disorder. The main risk factor for insomnia reported in the analysis was a high anxiety score. Anxiety represented the main risk factor for insomnia severity in our sample, while hardiness was confirmed as a protective factor. Thus, it is necessary to design further studies to identify additional risk factors for poor sleep quality and to develop educational courses and strategies aimed at enhancing rest and sleep quality, especially for frontline nurses.

Prediction of Medication Adherence Based on Dispositional Resilience, Ambiguity Tolerance and Perceived Social Support in Patients with Lung Cancer

Introduction:Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide. In recent years, the role of psychological factors in adherence to medication in patients with lung cancer has attracted more attention. This study aimed to investigate the prediction of medication adherence based on dispositional resilience, tolerance for ambiguity and perceived social support in patients with lung cancer in Yazd.&#x0D; Method: This descriptive-correlational study was conducted using a cross-sectional design. The statistical population consisted of all patients with lung cancer visiting Shahid Ramezan Zadeh Radiation Therapy Center in Yazd in 2020-2021, and 120 male patients were selected using convenience sampling. Data were collected using Medication Adherence Report Scale (MARS-8), Dispositional Resilience Scale (HARDY), Ambiguity Tolerance Scale-I (MSTAT-I) and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), whose validity and reliability were confirmed. Then, they were analyzed in SPSS 23 using Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression.&#x0D; Results:Results suggested a significant positive correlation between dispositional resilience and medication adherence (R=0/47), ambiguity tolerance and medication adherence (R=0/61), as well as perceived social support and medication adherence (R=0.68) (P&lt;0/001). According to the results, the predictor variables generally explained 46.3% of the variance of medication adherence.&#x0D; Conclusion: Based on the results, medication adherence in patients with lung cancer is predictable using dispositional resilience, ambiguity tolerance and perceived social support.

The interaction effect of personality hardiness and fear of failure to predict achievement motivation adolescents of working mother

Individuals with traits of hardiness believe that success is the result of both positive and negative life experiences. People who are highly motivated to achieve have a close relationship with intense dedication, reasonable control, and positive challenges. They are even willing to accept failure as part of the goal-setting process This study was conducted to explain the psychological characteristics of hardness and fear of failure that are predicted to determine the achievement motivation of adolescents whose mothers are employed. Participants were recruited anonymously and willingly from universities in Pekanbaru, Indonesia, Riau. After collecting and analyzing 280 questionnaires for outlier analysis, 188 were found valid for further study. Two stages of measurement were carried out; measuring was examined, and the structural model was deemed statistically significant. This study applied a quantitative methodology to the analysis of the path analysis mediation model. This study employs three measurement instruments and demographic data to address research issues. Dispositional Resilience Scale-15 (DRS-15), an action strategy to measure achievement motivation behavior personality, and the Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory (PFAI), a multidimensional assessment of cognitive-motivational-relational fear of failure, were used in this study to collect data. Path analysis from SmartPLS 3.2 was used to analyze the research data and determine the moderating and correlation values for the studied variables. This assessment indicates that fear of failure does not contribute to SMK students in Pekanbaru's toughness with success motivation. In contrast, the coefficient values for other factors indicate a positive contribution.

EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT ATTITUDES TOWARDS HARDINESS IN VARIOUS OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS

The aim of the research was to identify the features of explicit and implicit assessments of hardiness and its components obtained for participants whose occupations are associated with risk: security guards, long-distance lorry drivers, footballers from one of the top football league teams; participants with occupations associated with unconditional execution of orders. Measurements were made using specially designed four modifications of the classical IAT and the self-report procedure Bartone’s Dispositional Resilience Scale. The study showed that there are differences in implicit and explicit attitudes towards hardiness and its components in groups of participants from different occupations: most guards and long-distance lorry drivers revealed a negative implicit challenge; the majority of ‘soldiers’ were found to have negative attitudes towards the commitment. The vast majority of long-distance lorry drivers showed matches of the measurements results. The independence of implicit and explicit ‘overall’ attitudes toward hardiness, and their content, is also shown.

Burnout and Its Influencing Factors among Hospital Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study

Objectives: This study identified the associated factors with burnout among hospital nurses. Methods: In this cross-sectional correlational study, 208 nurses working at two university hospitals completed questionnaires on burnout, conflict management style with physician, resilience and organizational commitment. A transformed standardized burnout score of ≥56 was defined to be high. Data were analyzed with χ²-test, Mann-Whitney U test, Pearson correlation analysis and logistic regression.Results: Fifty-nine nurses (28.4%) had a significantly high burnout. The mean T scores of burnout were 61.84±3.89 and 45.31±7.48 in the high and low burnout group. The mean scores of resilience were 3.26±0.35 and 3.70±0.37 in the high and low group (&lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt;&lt;0.001). The mean scores of organizational commitment were 2.51±0.48 and 3.30±0.51 in the high and low group (&lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt;&lt;0.001). Nurses with high burnout managed conflict with physicians using the styles of collaboration (20.9%), competition (36.2%), avoidance (30.8%), accommodation (33.3%), and compromise (20.9%). Higher burnout was correlated with lower resilience (r=-0.62, &lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt;&lt;0.001) and lower organizational commitment (r=-0.58, &lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt;&lt;0.001). Lower burnout was associated with higher accommodation conflict management (B=-1.14, OR: 3.13, 95% CI: 1.11-8.85), higher dispositional and higher philosophical resilience (B=-1.31, OR: 3.72, 95% CI: 1.44-9.62; B=-2.29, OR: 9.90, 95% CI: 3.80-25.64). Lower burnout was associated with higher continuance of organizational commitment (B=-1.23, OR: 3.41, 95% CI: 1.80-6.49).Conclusions: Supportive strategies to enhance resilience, organizational commitment, and proper conflict management could be suggested for ameliorating burnout among hospital nurses.

Dispositional resilience predicts psychological adaptation of seafarers during and after maritime operations.

Seafarers, whether on cargo, fishery, or naval ships, may be exposed to unique and unusual psychological demands related to the often isolated, confined, and extreme environments associated with ocean-going vessels. This necessitates optimal psychological adaptation to maintain individual well-being during the mission and afterwards. This study set out to explore whether psychometric measures could predict psychological adaptation of seafarers, specifically navy sailors, during and after maritime operations. It used emotional regulation as marker of adaptation, and examined the role of psychometric measures of dispositional resilience and emotional regulation to predict psychological adaptation at subsequent time-points. A total of 168 sailors completed the Brief Sailor Resiliency Scale, Dispositional Resilience Scale 15, and Mental Toughness Questionnaire 18 prior to departing for sea, as well as the Brunel Mood Scale at 5 time points over a 12-month operational cycle. Higher resilience scores were consistently associated with more adaptive emotional regulation. Multiple linear regressions indicated that the Brief Sailor Resiliency Scale predicted emotional regulation over the shorter term, while the Mental Toughness Questionnaire 18 predicted emotional regulation over the longer term. Further, mid-mission emotional regulation also predicted emotional regulation at the end of deployments. The findings support several practical applications. Firstly, formal organizational initiatives to promote resilience could be useful to enhance adaptation during and after missions. Secondly, measuring seafarers' dispositional resilience could allow the streaming of vulnerable individuals towards appropriate mental health support services. Thirdly, past indicators of adaptation could be useful to enhance decision- making regarding subsequent utilisation. This may be applicable to seafarers in both naval services and commercial shipping, and to personnel in remote weather stations or other isolated and inaccessible research facilities.

The structural relations of dispositional mindfulness, Zhongyong, resilience, and subjective well-being among Chinese high school students

The structural relations of dispositional mindfulness, Zhongyong, resilience, and subjective well-being among Chinese high school students

Relationship Between Cycling Experience, Flow Experience, and Psychological Resilience in Cyclists.

This study aims to elucidate the relationship between cycling, which is a recreational physical activity, and the factors that constitute resilience.To this end, we conducted a self-administered online survey of cyclists in Japan who had consented to participate in the survey via Twitter and e-mail magazines. A total of 198 cyclists were subjected to hierarchical multiple regression analysis. We considered sex, age, employment status, experience of falling off a bicycle, and history of traffic accidents as the adjustment variables, with the independent variables being the amount of physical activity other than cycling, number of years of cycling, time riding a bicycle for recreational cycling, time riding a bicycle other than for recreational cycling, flow experience measured by flow state scale (FSS), cycling experience and approach, and the awareness of changes in one's physical and mental environment compared to before taking up cycling as a hobby. The dependent variables were the dispositional and acquired resilience factors that constitute the brief resilience scale (BRS). The results showed that the number of years of cycling (β=.177, P<0.05), FSS (β=.385, P<0.01), and cycling experience and approach (β=.150. P<0.05) were related to dispositional resilience factors. Moreover, FSS (β=.344, P<0.01) and cycling experience and approach (β=.194, P<0.05) were related to acquired resilience factors.These results indicate that flow and qualitative aspects of cycling experience are related to resilience.