Resilience Research Articles

Why ‘resilience’ is a dangerous buzzword

The ‘supernurse’ culture puts too much responsibility on staff – they are human beings, not machines

Year-long study on resilience

Year-long study on resilience

Psychological characteristics of Iranian patients undergoing bariatric surgery during the COVID‑19 pandemic and lockdown

Introduction: Pandemics are the most well-known to cause mental distress. This study examines the psychological characteristics of Iranian patients undergoing bariatric surgery during the COVID‑19 pandemic and lockdown. Method: Patients were consecutively recruited during the quarantine among those waiting for bariatric surgery or attending a post-bariatric follow-up phase and were asked to complete the Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scales-21 and a self-assessment questionnaire of 22 items assessing the resilience, change in eating behavior, and emotional responses referring to the current epidemic. Results: 59% of the 434 recruited participants reported of being worried about the epidemic, and 63% particularly reported of being worried about their or their relatives’ health. 37% and 56% felt lonelier and more bored, respectively. 66% was hungrier with an increased frequency of snacking (55%) and 39% reported more impulse to eat. Remarkably, 49% felt unable to follow a recommended diet. Logistic regression analysis on post-bariatric patients revealed an association between snacking, hunger, eating impulsivity, and anxiety, stress, and/or depression symptoms. Conclusion: Epidemics led to incremented psychological distress in patients with a history of current or past obesity, decreased quality of life, and impacting dietary compliance. Targeted psychological support is warranted in times of increased stress for susceptible participants such as pre-and post-bariatric patients.

The Effect of Adult Attachment of University Students on Their Career Barriers: Focused on the Mediating Effects of Resilience

The Effect of Adult Attachment of University Students on Their Career Barriers: Focused on the Mediating Effects of Resilience

2020 to 2021 and Beyond.: The Strength, Vision and Resilience of Workforces

2020 to 2021 and Beyond.: The Strength, Vision and Resilience of Workforces

Fostering Resilience During COVID-19 Epidemic Through Reflection and Writing

Fostering Resilience During COVID-19 Epidemic Through Reflection and Writing

Network of correlations between quality of life, resilience and effort-reward imbalance in military police officers.

To analyze the network of correlations between the realms of the Effor t-Reward Imbalance (ERI) model, resilience, and quality of life among military police officers. This is a cross-sectional study conducted with 258 police officers from the Special Opera tions Battalion of the Military Police in a city in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The scales of the ERI model, resilience, and World Health Quality of Life (WHOQOL-bref) assessed psychosocial stress, resilience, and quality of life. Descriptive and analytical statistics were performed em ploying the network analysis. The realms of the ERI model and resilience correlated with all the WHOQOL's realms (p<0.001). The network model showed a negative association between effort, overcommitment, and physical and environmental realms. The environmental realm was positively associated with reward, while resilience was positively associated with the general, physical, and psychological realms. We concluded that psychosocial stress interferes in the quality of life of military police officers, and resi lience may work as a protective factor.

Exploring a Community’s Quest for Resilience: Struggling with Past Plans

Exploring a Community’s Quest for Resilience: Struggling with Past Plans

Resilience acquires biologics maker Ology

Resilience acquires biologics maker Ology

Trans‐Atlantic Platform Recovery, Renewal, and Resilience in a Post‐Pandemic World (NSF)

Trans‐Atlantic Platform Recovery, Renewal, and Resilience in a Post‐Pandemic World (NSF)

A Bumpy Road to Resilience: How Far can You Make it?

A Bumpy Road to Resilience: How Far can You Make it?

The Effect of Helicopter Parenting and Social Capital on the Resilience of Korean Young Adults

The Effect of Helicopter Parenting and Social Capital on the Resilience of Korean Young Adults

Exploring the resilience of elementary pre-service teachers by Latent Profile Analysis

Exploring the resilience of elementary pre-service teachers by Latent Profile Analysis

Resisting White Resilience in the Academy

In thinking about allyship in the academy, I find Shauntae Brown White’s recent commentary instructive. She remarks that the answer is simple: to “do the right thing,” allies must “offer support, r...

Resilienz

ZUSAMMENFASSUNGPsychische Erkrankungen, insbesondere solche, in denen Stress ein wesentlicher pathogenetischer Faktor ist, gehören zu den häufigsten, belastendsten und kostenintensivsten Erkrankungen unserer Zeit. Andererseits ist psychische Gesundheit trotz häufiger Exposition durch allgegenwärtige Widrigkeiten und Stressoren das weitaus häufigere Phänomen als psychische Erkrankungen. Mit anderen Worten, Resilienz gegenüber stressassoziierten Erkrankungen ist der Regelfall. Die Erforschung psychischer Resilienz und ihrer zugrunde liegenden kognitiven und neurobiologischen Mechanismen bietet daher innovative Möglichkeiten zum Verständnis der natürlichen Schutzmechanismen gegenüber stressassoziierten psychischen Erkrankungen, weist neue Wege für Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung und ergänzt die krankheitsbezogene Forschung. Die Voraussetzungen für ein einheitliches Verständnis und eine erfolgreiche neurobiologische Erforschung von Resilienz sind geeignete Methoden zur Konzeptualisierung, Operationalisierung und der Planung von Studiendesigns. Zu diesen gehören ein transdiagnostisches Vorgehen, die Operationalisierung von Resilienz als „Outcome“, d. h. Ergebnis eines Entwicklungsprozesses, eine Erfassung und Berücksichtigung der Stressorexposition, längsschnittliche Studiendesigns und die translationale Identifizierung von Resilienzmechanismen.

Resilient care in times of covid: The stress buddy

IntroductionThe COVID-19 outbreak poses a challenge for health care professionals due to a surge in care demands, overwork, fear of contagion and concerns on the availability of protective equipment, and coping with distress of patients and their families. Although there is emerging evidence on prevalence of stress and its predictors, less is known on the trajectory of stress symptoms and the differences between cohorts of health care professionals.ObjectivesTo sustain and restore health care professionals the Leiden University Medical Center has launched the Digital Stress Buddy, a mobile app, to assess psychological stress, depressive symptoms, anxiety and posttraumatic stress symptoms.MethodsParticipants fill in a 14-item questionnaire on stress and resilience resources, followed by a COVID-related questionnaire and finally a set of validated questionnaires on depression and anxiety (DASS-21), posttraumatic stress-symptoms (IES-R), burn-out (CBI) and resilience (RES).ResultsTo date, 959 health care workers have completed the stress monitor, of whom 223 (23%) showed relevant stress levels. Within this group, anxiety and posttraumatic symptoms were most prevalent (45%), followed by depressive symptoms (15%). Predictors of stress were being female, coping with distress of patients and their families, teleworking, and overwork.ConclusionsBy identifying vulnerabilities and resilience for psychological distress, we are able to tailor the support interventions for health care workers within our hospital. This is an ongoing study and future follow-up during the second wave of the pandemic will provide more insight on the trajectories of stress-related symptoms.Conflict of interestNo significant relationships.

Risk and Resilience Management as a Response to COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak. Towards a New and Refreshing Approach

Today’s global business environment is dynamic and is subject to continuous changes that could create opportunities and threats for any organization. The lack of an adequate preparation exposes enterprises to environmental threats that may jeopardize the organizational sustainability and pressure them to find effective ways to survive and develop. The recent COVID-19 health emergency confirmed the unpredictability of some events that may have a significant impact on the life of enterprises, damaging the management of a company and interrupting its continuity in the flow of activities with consequences for companies’ profitability. Learning to live with uncertainty, abandoning the notion of stability, expecting the unexpected, and increasing the capability to learn from crisis is crucial to survive in such a complex and volatile environment. This paper presents a systematic scoping review with the aim to identify, analyze and underline the importance of having a conceptual framework designed to develop and improve the risk and resilience for organizations, in particular during times of crisis. In the aftermath of COVID-19 is of paramount importance to adopt a complete new and refreshing approach which could enable a firm to more fully realize the benefits that changing opportunities present. This paper presents a systematic scoping review with the aim to identify, analyze and underline the importance of having a conceptual framework designed to develop and improve the risk and resilience for organizations, in particular during times of crisis. In the aftermath of COVID-19 is of paramount importance to adopt a complete new and refreshing approach which could enable a firm to more fully realize the benefits that changing opportunities present.

Para uma nova agenda do desporto em Portugal em convergência Europeia 2021-2027

In the year that Portugal assumes its fourth presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU), in addition to the priority of the EU budget for 2021-2027, the Post-pandemic Recovery Fund, and the 'Brexit', there are sensitive issues such as the environment, the digital transition, the social dimension, resilience, and global Europe, in which sport must be aligned.

Meaning-making and narrative in the illness experience: a phenomenological-existential perspective

The experience of illness raises profound issues concerning the sense or non-sense of human existence as a whole: does life have meaning when it is marked by suffering? And what meaning would it bear, in this case? These questions are asked by both caregivers and recipients of care when they come into contact with limits, pain, and death. In this regard, the existential condition of homo patiens is ambiguous: it can lead either to nihilism and despair or to a higher level of awareness and responsibility. Studies on resilience, post-traumatic growth, and meaning-making processes seem to suggest that in difficult situations the search for meaning comes most clearly to the fore, so that the possibility of finding meaning in life can be a protective factor and a key therapeutic resource, while meaninglessness increases weakness and vulnerability. But what is meant by “meaning” in the illness experience and how may it be integrated into one’s personal life story? This question is answered here in terms of narrative methods that can enhance healthcare practitioners’ capacity to approach their patients with sensitivity and deep understanding and guide them to find meaning in their lives, despite all.

Impact of simulated military operational stress on executive function relative to trait resilience, aerobic fitness, and neuroendocrine biomarkers

PurposeTo study the impact of 48 h of simulated military operational stress (SMOS) on executive function, in addition to the role of trait resilience (RES) and aerobic fitness (FIT) on executive function performance. Associations between executive function and neuropeptide-Y (NPY), brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF), insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), oxytocin, and α-klotho (klotho) were assessed to elucidate potential biomarkers that may contribute to cognitive performance during a multi-factorial stress scenario. Methods: Fifty-four service members (SM) (26.4 ± 5.4 years, 178.0 ± 6.5 cm, 85.2 ± 14.0 kg) completed the 5-day protocol, including daily physical exertion and 48 h of restricted sleep and caloric intake. Each morning subjects completed a fasted blood draw followed by Cognition, a 10-part cognitive test battery assessing executive function. SMs were grouped into tertiles [low (L-), moderate (M-), high (H-)] based on Connor Davidson Resilience Score (RES) and V˙O2peak (FIT). Repeated measures ANOVA were run to analyze the effect of day on cognitive performance and biomarker concentration. Separate two-way mixed ANOVAs were run to determine the interaction of group by day on cognitive function. Friedman test with Bonferroni-corrected pairwise comparisons were used if assumptions for ANOVA were not met. Associations between changes in biomarkers and cognitive performance were analyzed using parametric and non-parametric correlation coefficients. Results: SMOS reduced SM vigilance –11.3% (p < 0.001) and working memory –5.6% (p = 0.015), and increased risk propensity +9.5% (p = 0.005). H-RES and H-FIT SMs demonstrated stable vigilance across SMOS (p > 0.05). Vigilance was compromised during SMOS in L- and M-RES (p = 0.007 and p = 0.001, respectively) as well as L- and M-FIT (p = 0.001 and p = 0.031, respectively). SMOS reduced circulating concentrations of α-klotho -7.2% (p = 0.004), NPY -6.4% (p = 0.001), and IGF-I -8.1% (p < 0.001) from baseline through the end of the protocol. BDNF declined –19.2% after the onset of sleep and caloric restriction (p = 0.005) with subsequent recovery within 48 h. Oxytocin remained stable (p > 0.05). Several modest associations between neuroendocrine biomarkers and cognitive performance were identified. Conclusion: This study demonstrates H-FIT and H-RES may buffer the impact of SMOS on vigilance. SMOS negatively impacted circulating neuroendocrine biomarkers. While BDNF returned to baseline concentrations by the end of the 5 d protocol, NPY, IGF-I, and α-klotho may require a longer recovery period. These data suggest that the military may benefit by training and/or selection processes targeting at augmenting trait resilience and aerobic fitness for increased readiness.