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Military resilience: a concept analysis.

Angela Simmons¹, Linda Yoder

¹Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, USA. angels1025@att.net

|February 6, 2013

Summary

Military service members (SMs) exhibit resilience through adaptive coping and social support, which can decrease mental health issues. Understanding this psychological resilience is crucial for effective care and interventions.

Area of Science:

Psychological resilience
Military mental health
Concept analysis

Background:

Research on resilience has shifted towards adults, particularly within the military since 2008.
The military's focus on resilience aims to reduce service member (SM) suicides.
Post-9/11 and natural disasters highlighted the need for adult resilience research.

Purpose of the Study:

To define and explain psychological resilience in military service members (SMs).
Utilizes the Walker and Avant (2005) concept analysis process.
Provides a framework for understanding resilience within the military context.

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Concept analysis using the Walker and Avant framework.
Identification of attributes, antecedents, and consequences of resilience.

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Key attributes of SM resilience include adaptive coping, personal control, hardiness, and social support.
Antecedents involve significant life events like accidents, witnessing death during deployment, and combat.
High resilience correlates with fewer mental health symptoms and greater success; low resilience is linked to increased symptoms and high-risk behaviors.

Conclusions:

Understanding SM resilience is critical for healthcare providers, especially nurses.
Nurses need to assess SMs and refer them to appropriate care.
Findings on military resilience may inform interventions for both military and civilian populations.