1. The enduring well-being impacts of attending the Battle Back Multi Activity Course for the lives of recovering UK armed forces personnel.
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Philip Kay, Christopher William and McKenna, Jim
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WELL-being , *SOCIAL support , *CONVALESCENCE , *SATISFACTION , *MENTAL health , *HEALTH , *PSYCHOLOGY of military personnel , *HEALTH promotion - Abstract
Few adventurous training courses have been formally designed to assist military personnel in their recovery and/or transition into civilian life by supporting psychological health and well-being. This study examines, for the first time, the longitudinal effects of a five-day Multi Activity Course (MAC) on the mental well-being of serving but wounded, injured, and/or sick (WIS) UK armed forces personnel. The MAC is delivered using a participant-centered approach to encourage engagement in adaptive sports, adventurous activities, and personal development coaching sessions. This work extends previous research showing powerful short-term well-being benefits. Measures of positive well-being and psychological need satisfaction were provided by participants before and after attending the course, as well as two weeks, three months, six months and 12 months later. Self-reported well-being measures of psychological need satisfaction and positive mental well-being improved significantly throughout the course. These remained significantly higher at six and 12 months after the course, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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