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Abstract Background The “Iron Swords” War beginning in October 2023 led to unprecedented levels of shock and trauma across Israel, significantly impacting the Israeli population and medical personnel. This study aimed to evaluate and compare the perceived personal resilience and sense of danger among physicians in hospitals located in different conflict zone proximities in Israel during this period. Methods A quantitative, cross-sectional study was conducted from March to August 2024, during an active phase of the war, using a structured anonymous questionnaire. Participants were 161 physicians from three hospitals: one in southern Israel near the Gaza Strip, another in northern Israel near the borders with Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan, and a third in central Israel near Tel Aviv. The survey measured personal resilience using the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-10) and sense of danger using the Solomon & Prager scale. Statistical analyses included Kruskal-Wallis H test, multiple linear regression, two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and Sobel test for mediation effects. Results The final sample included 161 physicians (54 southern, 56 central, 51 northern). The mean resilience score was 31.14 ± 5.77, and the mean sense of danger score was 8.36 ± 4.15 (scales 0–40 and 0–20, respectively). Physicians in the southern hospital reported significantly higher sense of danger scores (p = 0.005). A trend towards lower resilience scores was noted among southern hospital physicians (p = 0.068) (p = 0.068). Two-way ANOVA revealed significant main effects of hospital location and gender on resilience (p = 0.046 and p = 0.003, respectively) and sense of danger (p = 0.005 and p = 0.062, respectively). Multiple regression analysis identified hospital location (β = -0.178, p = 0.023) and gender (β = 0.229, p = 0.004) as significant predictors of resilience. Mediation analysis indicated that personal resilience partially mediated the relationship between hospital location and sense of danger (indirect effect = 0.2896, p

Unlike previous studies that have investigated teachers’ personal resilience, the current study sought to examine its demographic characteristics and its relationships with socio-emotional and educational factors, and to consider differences in personal resilience between novice teachers and teacher-interns with low, medium and high levels of personal resilience. The participants were 298 novice teachers and teacher-interns in Arab schools in the north of Israel, who filled out questionnaires that included demographic details, and measures of personal resilience, subjective happiness, positive and negative affect, self-esteem, social anxiety, and teaching motivation. The findings indicated significant differences between the participants on the relationship between personal resilience and teaching status, teaching internship and teaching seniority. In addition, a significant positive correlation was found between personal resilience and subjective happiness, but negative correlations were found between personal resilience and negative affect, social anxiety, social fear, and social avoidance. Significant differences were found between three categories (low, medium and high personal resilience) of novice teachers and teacher-interns for social avoidance, social anxiety, general affect, negative affect, and teaching motivation. The authors concluded that workshops for the mentioned teachers should focus primarily on increasing their personal resilience, which is crucial for their optimal integration into the education system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: The "Iron Swords" War beginning in October 2023 led to unprecedented levels of shock and trauma across Israel, significantly impacting the Israeli population and medical personnel. This study aimed to evaluate and compare the perceived personal resilience and sense of danger among physicians in hospitals located in different conflict zone proximities in Israel during this period. Methods: A quantitative, cross-sectional study was conducted from March to August 2024, during an active phase of the war, using a structured anonymous questionnaire. Participants were 161 physicians from three hospitals: one in southern Israel near the Gaza Strip, another in northern Israel near the borders with Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan, and a third in central Israel near Tel Aviv. The survey measured personal resilience using the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-10) and sense of danger using the Solomon & Prager scale. Statistical analyses included Kruskal-Wallis H test, multiple linear regression, two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and Sobel test for mediation effects. Results: The final sample included 161 physicians (54 southern, 56 central, 51 northern). The mean resilience score was 31.14 ± 5.77, and the mean sense of danger score was 8.36 ± 4.15 (scales 0–40 and 0–20, respectively). Physicians in the southern hospital reported significantly higher sense of danger scores (p = 0.005). A trend towards lower resilience scores was noted among southern hospital physicians (p = 0.068) (p = 0.068). Two-way ANOVA revealed significant main effects of hospital location and gender on resilience (p = 0.046 and p = 0.003, respectively) and sense of danger (p = 0.005 and p = 0.062, respectively). Multiple regression analysis identified hospital location (β = -0.178, p = 0.023) and gender (β = 0.229, p = 0.004) as significant predictors of resilience. Mediation analysis indicated that personal resilience partially mediated the relationship between hospital location and sense of danger (indirect effect = 0.2896, p < 0.001). Conclusions: Physicians working near conflict zones report higher levels of perceived danger, though their resilience is comparable to peers in less threatened regions. Enhancing personal resilience is crucial to mitigate the heightened sense of danger. This could include regular resilience training, psychological support, and specific programs for single and childless physicians to improve safety perceptions. Additionally, fostering a supportive community with clear communication and robust emergency protocols is essential for enhancing staff resilience and safety in hospitals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study aims to investigate the mediating effect of life satisfaction in the relationship between perceived social isolation and job embeddedness and whether personal resilience moderates this mediation pathway among online remote workers. Data was collected at two time points from 418 employees who have been working remotely away from the office. The hypotheses were analyzed by means of a confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation modeling, hierarchical regression, and a bootstrapping procedure. The results indicate that the relationship between perceived social isolation and job embeddedness is partially mediated by life satisfaction and that resilience moderates the association between perceived social isolation and life satisfaction. In support of a moderated mediation model, personal resilience moderates the conditional indirect effect of perceived social isolation on job embeddedness via the mediator. The effect of social isolation at work has a greater impact on the low-resilience subgroup than it does on the high-resilience subgroup, which may lead to a decline in life satisfaction and a desire to quit. Resilience training programs should be provided to help workers acquire the skills necessary to cope with the new normal. This research advances resilience theory and supports the application of Conservation of Resources (COR) in times of crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background Aim Methods Results Conclusions The work of midwives is emotionally challenging. Midwives share moments of joy, when a baby is born, and attend complex events of loss and trauma. Exposure to childbirth complications, emergencies, and loss can affect their professional quality of life and functioning. This aspect of midwives' practice has not been sufficiently researched.To examine the associations between exposures to traumatic events, post‐traumatic symptoms, and personal resilience with professional quality of life and organizational commitment among hospital midwives.Participants in this cross‐sectional study conducted in 2020 included 131 midwives from three large hospitals in central Israel. Data were collected using a structured self‐administered questionnaire that examined socio‐demographic characteristics, exposure to traumatic events during childbirth, personal resilience, post‐traumatic symptoms, professional quality of life, and organizational commitment.The three most traumatic events for midwives were: neonatal death or feared death, maternal death or feared death, and stillbirth. The more frequent the exposure to traumatic events, the more numerous and intense the post‐traumatic symptoms. The more numerous and intense the post‐traumatic symptoms, the higher the level of professional burnout and compassion fatigue and the lower the compassion satisfaction. Higher compassion satisfaction and lower professional burnout were associated with higher organizational commitment. Personal resilience, country of birth, post‐traumatic symptoms, and organizational commitment predicted compassion satisfaction.Midwives' exposure to traumatic events is associated with the onset of post‐traumatic symptoms, impaired professional quality of life, and reduced organizational commitment, and is accompanied by burnout and compassion fatigue. There is a need to address this issue in training programs and to develop organizational support and policies to improve midwives' well‐being and quality of care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the current scenario, demand for emergency care is rising due to the shift in disease pattern all around the world, from growing burden of non-communicable diseases to the pre-existing communicable diseases. The principle aim of an emergency medical service (EMS) system is to prevent premature mortality, reduce pain and prevent long term disability. EMS workers serve on the front lines of emergency medical care, which is one of the most important components in an EMS system of any country. Since the latest pandemic has caused increased burn out and stress among the service providers with long term mental and physical effect which is yet to be researched in Thailand, and no study in particular have addressed to evaluate the resilience capacities of the front-line EMS workforce and identify components that influence their performance and response to emergencies. This study aims to measure the resilience capacity of pre-hospital EMS providers of Thailand along with providing recommendations to policy makers regarding EMS service provider future agendas and standard methods for proper workforce development in order to tackle future public health emergency situations. The respondents were EMTs, ENPs, paramedics, frontline rescuers working in the provinces as an EMS service provider under the ministry of public health (MOPH), National Institute of Emergency Medicine (NIEM), Thailand. Total 500 participated in the survey from 32 different provinces. Resilience capacity was divided into high, moderate and low; Components and factors were developed through literature review and grouping was done. With total 41 questions: Safety, Competencies, Wellness and Behavioral Health. Open ended questions reflected the perception and experiences of the EMS service providers regarding the strength and improvement areas of the EMS system in Thailand. The result from the survey shows that the EMS service providers have moderate resilience in terms of Behavioral Health which is related to their psychometric properties and main components to measure the resiliency scales. Similarly, in terms of Safety, Wellness and Competencies components the EMS services have shown moderate level of resilience capacity as a front-line worker in the emergency medical service system to prepare for the future public health emergencies. The findings of the research present the perception and opinions of various EMS providers working in different provinces of Thailand. This study explores the present status/situation of front-line workers of the EMS system in Thailand. The findings provide crucial recommendations to health policy makers for developing resilient EMS system and their workforce in Thailand focusing on pre-hospital care setting. This research suggests measurement tools and plans focusing on the EMS future agenda 2050.

In modern society the development of psychological health care is becoming increasingly important, so there’s no doubt that this problem is relevant for future teachers-psychologists. Article presents the systematized form of theoretical analysis of «resilience» phenomenon. The article describes the main components of resilience and their relationships. S. Maddi identified three relatively autonomous resilience components: commitment, control, and risk taking. The severity of these components and vitality in general prevents the emergence of internal tension in stressful situations. Commitment, meaning the involvement of an individual in the events of their life and activities, receiving pleasure from it. Control motivates the subject to search for ways and means of influence. Taking risks allows an individual to understand the inevitability of risk and remain open to the world around him,. There were characterized the influence of resilience components on the psychological health-saving development. Article describes the results of empirical research of first year students’ resilience components level and generalizes the obtained data as result of empirical research. The conclusions of this study provide insights into the development of future teacher-psychologists. The results and conclusions of the study of the level of resilience obtained at this stage of the work contribute to the development and implementation of a scientific and methodological system of psychological and pedagogical support for the development of psychological health-saving of students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: Based on the problem at hand, the aim of this study was to investigate how adolescents' personal resilience is understood in the context of developing mental education through sports activities. Research Methods: This study used a quantitative research method with an experimental approach. This study used a sample of high school students (SMA) class XI which was taken by randomized sampling. The total sample of this study amounted to 50 students. Students who became the research sample were assumed to have the ability (in class XI) and the same age (average 16 years). Research results: The results show that there is an average difference between the Pre-test and Post-test physical education learning outcomes, which means that there is an average difference in students' personal resilience scores between the pre-test and post-test. These results indicate the influence of the results of mental education intervention through physical education in increasing students' personal resilience. In the implementation of the posttest, the average value is 100.3 while the average value of the post-test is 49.5, or if you look at the difference (gain) between the post-test and the pre-test of 50.4 which shows a significant result of increasing student resilience from the results of mental education interventions in sports education learning at school. Conclusion: Mental education development programs in adolescents should be tailored to the health interests of the adolescent generation. Sports clubs have the potential to be an arena for health improvement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research attempts to investigate the relationship between different organizational, individual and demographic factors with effective faculty engagement in private higher education institutions of Bengaluru, Karnataka state, (India). Hypotheses testing included a data of (n = 302) higher education faculty members with different academic positions, using simple random sampling method. The study uses exploratory factor analysis (EFA) for testing sampling adequacy, reliability and discriminant validity and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to prove significant causal relationship between the variables. Structural equation modeling was used for detecting the direct effects of the independent variables like Personal Resilience, Individual optimism, Coworker support, Pay, Performance, Affective Commitment and Locus of control, with the dependent variable, faculty engagement. Confirmatory factor analysis measurement model revealed significant positive relationship between Pay, Performance, Coworker support, Personal Resilience and Individual Optimism with faculty engagement in higher education institutions of Bengaluru. This research study further proves the connection between demographic factors such as gender, employment status, salary and position with faculty engagement. The study provides insights for academic leaders, universities and HR professionals to improve engagement levels of teaching faculty in higher education and concludes with limitations and future research agenda. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: This article provides an in-depth study of leader resilience during the prolonged COVID-19 crisis. Design/methodology/approach: The research is based on interviews with leaders in the hotel, retail and manufacturing industries during the pandemic. The analytical framework is individual resilience as both a process and an outcome. The analysis method is a combination of deductive and inductive content analysis. Findings: This study offers a rich description of the interaction among the behavioural, situational and individual factors influencing leaders during the various stages of the global COVID-19 crisis. Originality/value: Highlighting the role of leaders' personal reflections on the interaction between resilience factors and leaders' identity work, this paper contributes to the field by introducing an extended model of leader resilience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study was to determine the level of personal resilience and its relationship with loneliness, stress, sleep quality, and perceived health among Filipino military personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic. This cross-sectional study involved 259 Filipino soldiers selected through simple random sampling in the Aurora province. Five self-report questionnaires were used to gather the data, and multiple linear regression was used for the data analysis. Data were gathered in October to November 2021. The Filipino soldiers reported normal resilience levels, moderate loneliness, and good quality of sleep and perceived health, and they also reported experiencing stress fairly often. We observed that loneliness and stress were significant negative predictors of resilience and that sleep quality and perceived health were significant positive predictors of resilience. Filipino soldiers reported normal resilience levels during the COVID-19 pandemic. Soldiers who reported high levels of loneliness and stress were less likely to be resilient, and those who reported good quality of sleep and perceived health were more likely to be resilient. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Governments worldwide have imposed lockdowns in their countries to restrict unnecessary movement and curb the spread and transmission of the Covid-19 as a mitigation measure. The education sector has also implemented rapid changes, and this has transformed the operational procedures for both students and lecturers. As the pandemic has progressed, its emotional and psychological toll is equally bearing on students, leading to lockdown fatigue. This study aimed to investigate the level of lockdown-induced fatigue and its correlation with personal resilience and coping skills among university students in Iraq. This study used quantitative methods of research using a cross-sectional study design. A questionnaire survey was distributed electronically among 819 university students in Iraq. The study used three standardised scales: the lockdown fatigue scale, brief resilience scale, and coping behaviours questionnaire for data collection. Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis were done using SPSS. Overall, students indicated a high level of lockdown fatigue with a mean score of 33.48out of 50. Fear of personal safety and the wellbeing of the family was the most fear expressed by the students. The ability to go through stressful times and unpleasant events was the most common worry among the students. Female, urbanised, and science field students were the most students who suffered from lockdown-induced fatigue. However, positive coping behaviours and personal resilience were significantly correlated with decreasing fatigue levels during the lockdown period. Level of lockdown fatigue accelerated in an alarming stage among university students in Iraq. Hence, students need to build their emotional resilience and learn how to navigate surviving hard times and bounce back after a loss. This could be facilitated by counselling services being availed to educational and social institutions to benefit university students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

COVID‐19 outbreak and the measures needed to contain its first wave of contagion produced broad changes in citizens' daily lives, routines, and social opportunities, putting their environmental mastery and purpose of life at risk. However, these measures produced different impacts across citizens and communities. Building on this, the present study addresses citizens' understanding of the rationale for COVID‐19‐related protective measures and their perception of their own and their community's resilience as protective dimensions to unravel the selective effect of nationwide lockdown orders. An online questionnaire was administered to Italian citizens during Italian nationwide lockdown. Two moderation models were performed using the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) path analysis. The results show that the understanding of the rationale for lockdown only associated with citizens' purpose of life and that it represented a risk factor rather than a protective one. Furthermore, the interaction effects were significant only when community resilience was involved. That is, personal resilience did not show the expected moderation effect, while community resilience did. However, the latter varied between being either full or partial depending on the dependent variable. In light of the above, the theoretical and practical implications of these results will be discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the face of the first wave of COVID‐19 contagion, citizens all over the world experienced concerns for their safety and health, as well as prolonged lockdowns – which brought about limitations but also unforeseen opportunities for personal growth. Broad variability in these psychological responses to such unprecedented experiences emerged. This study addresses this variability by investigating the role of personal and community resilience. Personal resilience, collective resilience, community disaster management ability, provided information by local authorities, and citizens' focus on COVID‐19‐related personal concerns and lockdown‐related opportunities for personal growth were detected through an online questionnaire. Multilevel modelling was run with data from 3,745 Italian citizens. The potential of personal resilience as a driver for individuals to overcome adverse situations with positive outcomes was confirmed. Differently, the components of community resilience showed more complex paths, highlighting the need to pay more attention to its role in the face of far‐reaching adverse events which hardly test individuals' as well as communities' adaptability and agency skills. The complexities linked to the multi‐component and system‐specific nature of resilience, as well as potential paths towards making the most out of citizens' and communities' ones, emerge. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aimed to explore the personal and career resilience of project management practitioners working in the Architectural, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industries and their organizational support in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The global pandemic offered a unique opportunity to explore resilience both as a state (using quantitative scales) and as a process (using qualitative responses) in the context of a shared transboundary disturbance in normal routines. A mixed methods approach was used to triangulate quantitative and qualitative data from an online survey which included established scales and open-ended questions. Informed by a total of 121 valid survey responses, hierarchical regression analysis of the scales provided insights into the relationship between career and personal resilience and how personal resilience contributed to greater career resilience and the ability to positively adapt to the pandemic's consequences. The quantitative analysis was complemented by a thematic analysis of the open-ended responses to identify the forms of organizational support that were important for resilience building during the pandemic. Organizational resources, such as training, mentoring, increased communication, and greater management support fostered employee adaptation to the pandemic shock. Evidence-based recommendations are made for AEC organizations to facilitate better workforce preparation for future adversities through providing effective resilience-promoting support mechanisms. The findings add to the body of knowledge by providing a better understanding of the importance of personal and career resilience and the role of organizational support in the process of resilience-building during adversities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ali Haider Mohammed,1 Bassam Abdul Rasool Hassan,2 Abdulrasool M Wayyes,2 Sinan Subhi Farhan,3 Omar Abdulwahid Al-Ani,2 Ali Blebil,1 Juman Dujaili,1 Gamil Othman4 1School of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, 47500, Selangor, Malaysia; 2Department of Pharmacy, Al Rafidain University College, Baghdad, 10001, Iraq; 3Department of Anesthesia, College of Medical Science Technology, University of Mashreq, Baghdad, 10001, Iraq; 4Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Science and Technology, Sana’a, YemenCorrespondence: Gamil Othman, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Science and Technology, Sana’a, Yemen, Email gamilqasem@yahoo.comBackground: Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the educational sector has undergone a series of changes which have affected both learners and students alike. As a result, the distortion of the students’ daily routine, isolation, social distancing and potential exposure to the COVID-19 virus changed almost all of the aspects of student life which has led to exhaustion of students, with both psychological and emotional challenges. Therefore, the main aim of this study is to determine the factors that have a significant impact on the level of lockdown fatigue among university students in the era of COVID-19.Methods: A cross sectional was undertaken for this study. A questionnaire was designed and then shared electronically with the respondents of this study. The respondents were 819 students from tertiary institutions in Iraq. Some of the scales used in ranking the responses of the participants are the Lockdown Fatigue scale, Brief Resilience Scale and Coping Behaviours questionnaire. Data analysis was.Results: Overall, the students had a high level of fatigue due to lockdown-measurement. Emptiness was one of the dominant feelings experienced by the students, along with concern for the safety and well-being of their own families. There was general agreement that students take a long time to return to normal routines after stressful events. The students also indicated that they cope with the lockdown through a variety of activities, ranging from making jokes about the situation to putting their faith in a higher power. Male student were less likely to suffer from lockdown-fatigue, however, studying in public university, being from urban areas, and studying in science field are the most significant factors that increase the level of lockdown. However, lower levels of lockdown fatigue were linked to significantly higher levels of personal resilience and coping abilities.Conclusion: High level of lockdown fatigue among students is noticed, and several factors have been identified. Therefore, it is helpful for students to consistently work on reinforcing positive habits which would help them to build resilience when they are subjected to stressful conditions and scenarios.Keywords: lockdown, COVID-19 pandemic, personal resilience, coping behaviours

ABSTRACT This study aimed to (1) analyze the student training process at BBPVP Serang in improving student competence, (2) identify and analyze the factors that cause BBPVP Serang not to be optimal in increasing student competence, (3) formulate and analyze the efforts of BBPVP Serang in improving competence of prospective workers, (4) analyze the implications of the BBPVP Serang student competency improvement program on students' personal resilience. In this study, the theories used are role theory, human capital theory, competency theory, and human development theory.This research approach is descriptive qualitative research with data collection techniques, namely observation, interviews, documentation and literature. The informants in the study were 26 people consisting of the Head, Staff of BBPVP Serang, Instructors, Students, Alumni and Alumni Users of BBPVP Serang. Data analysis used is data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions.The results of this study indicate (1) BBPVP Serang carrying out the training process has fulfilled the function of the management/training system according to Permenakertrans No. 8/ 2014, (2) Factors that cause BBPVP Serang not to be optimal: Mismatch of BBPVP Serang training with industry needs, Input from training participants who heterogeneous educational background and age, as well as student personality factors, especially from local communities who have low interest and motivation to work; (3) Efforts of BBPVP Serang to overcome obstacles, namely the Synergy of BBPVP Serang with alumni users, more optimal OJT programs, and student competency certification; (4) The improvement of student competence has been proven to have implications for the formation of students' personal resilience, with indicators of students having competence (hardskills & softskills), certification of work competence, having a permanent job and having a fixed income. Recommendations from the results of the research: (1) The role of BBPVP Serang needs to be increased in its training capacity, (2) Central Government and Regional Government of Banten Province need to make regulations that encourage active industrial participation in improving vocational training for the surrounding community, (3) Selection of trainees must be more selective in looking for participants who have a high interest in learning, and are interested in finding work and work anywhere after completing the training, (4) It is necessary to group/mapping the trainees according to their educational background, interest/motivation to learn, and the age of the trainees, and (5) BBPVP Serang has reactivated the Serang BBPVP training alumni network through the Serang BBPVP tracer study.

Objectives: The Conservation of Resources (COR) theory suggests that stress results from threatened or actual loss of resources following significant life events. This study used COR theory as the framework to explore the reflection of loss of resources during the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological distress and resilience, in an adult Jewish Israeli population.Methods: We examined the association between background variables, stress, loneliness, concern, COVID-19-related post traumatic symptoms (PTS), resilience factors and COR via an online survey among 2,000 adults during April 2020.Results: Positive relationships were identified between resource loss and PTS (r = 0.66, p < 0.01), and between resource gain and resilience (r = 0.30, p < 0.01). Psychological variables were significantly associated with PTS and explained 62.7% of the variance, F (20, 1,413) = 118.58, p < 0.001.Conclusion: Loss of resources, stress, loneliness and concern were found to be risk factors for distress and PTS, whereas resilience factors played a protective role. We thus recommend using the COR theory to explore COVID-19 effects elsewhere.

Background: Post-treatment psychological distress among colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors is common, but changes over time. However, data on the effects of emotional factors on changes in psychological distress over time remain limited. The study sought to describe the patterns of change in psychological distress among CRC survivors in the short-term after treatment completion and to identify predictors of the change in psychological distress experienced by CRC survivors. Methods: A total of 153 CRC survivors, stages II–III at diagnosis, who were 4–24 months post-diagnosis (participation rate 89.5%) completed the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, Acceptance and Action Questionnaire, Resilience Scale-14, Self-Compassion Scale–Short Form, and Brief Symptom Inventory-18 (psychological distress scale) at Time 1 (T1). Psychological distress was assessed again at Time 2 (T2), 6 months later. Results: Two patterns of change in post-treatment psychological distress among CRC survivors were identified: One group of patients experienced higher psychological distress at T1, which decreased at T2. A second group experienced lower psychological distress at T1, which increased at T2. Self-compassion and personal resilience predicted higher psychological distress at T2. Lower suppression and self-compassion and higher personal resilience increased the likelihood of being in the increased psychological distress group. Conclusions: Psychological distress evaluation of CRC survivors at different time-points post-treatment is warranted. In addition, awareness is needed that self-compassion may be individually related to psychological distress among participants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Uncertainty surrounds farming systems across Europe and strengthening their resilience lies at the centre of the European policy agenda. Although farming systems´ resilience has been widely conceptualised, no consensus has been reached about assessing the contribution of farm and farmer attributes to farmers´ perceived resilience by quantitative approaches. The aim of this study was to understand what farm(er) attributes and principles contribute to explain farmers´ perceived resilience. Our specific objectives are to: i) develop a conceptual framework composed of attributes, principles and capacities to assess farms' resilience, including farmer personal resilience as a resilience principle; ii) quantify links between farm attributes and resilience principles with farmers´ perceived resilience capacities. We developed a framework that includes different farm and farmer attributes grouped into resilience principles. We designed and conducted a structured survey to allow small ruminant farmers in Spain to self-assess their resilience attributes and capacities. We used structural equation modelling to assess to what extent resilience attributes and principles explain perceived robustness, adaptability, transformability capacities and overall resilience. Farmers´ perceived resilience can be explained by several resilience attributes and principles, including farmers' personal resilience. Some attributes contribute similarly to robustness, adaptability and transformability, while others contribute particularly to each capacity. Farm diversity, tightness of feedbacks and farmers´ personal resilience were key for explaining farmers´ perceived resilience for small ruminant farming systems in Spain. In particular, farmer optimism, and farms' ability to respond in different ways to challenges and to overcome difficulties in the past, were the attributes that most influenced resilience perceptions. Our results highlight the importance of farmer personality, in addition to farm characteristics, for understanding farmers' resilience perceptions. This study contributes to the development of quantitative farm resilience assessments by considering multiple farm attributes and also several farmers' psychological attributes. Our framework provides a list of attributes and principles that can be applied to different farming systems. We provide a specific approach to identify the most relevant attributes and principles that drive perceived resilience in a large set of them that could guide farm and stakeholders' decision making. [Display omitted] • Farm(er) attributes explain farmers´ perceived robustness, adaptability and transformability. • Farmers´ perceived resilience can be quantified with attributes and principles by Structural Equation Modelling. • Personal resilience, diversity and tightness of feedbacks explain farmers´ perceived resilience. • Optimistic farmers with diverse alternatives to face challenges perceive farms as more resilient. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper identifies and examines pathways in which online mental health forums assist in building personal resilience and address the mental ill-health of rural residents. We use a resilience theory to develop a Theoretical Resilience Framework and apply it to empirical qualitative data deriving from three of Australia's online mental health forums as well as interviews with forum users. Using thematic analysis and an abductive approach to generating new knowledge, we develop a logic model illustrating links between factors influencing personal resilience, factors acting upon resilience, and intermediate and long-term outcomes that online mental health forums have on their users. Our study demonstrates that online forums can provide ongoing and timely services to those in need, and they support the adaptive capacity of individuals to cope with stressors and a variety of challenges they face. Embedded in a rural setting, the paper adds understanding to the role of technology and online forums in addressing geographical isolation. Ultimately, our work helps to develop new sources of knowledge about rural resilience and supporting mental health service provision in rural places. • Online mental health forums contribute to enhanced personal resilience. • Online mental health forums address gaps in rural health and care service provision. • The forums offer ongoing, flexible and instant support, and respond to specific needs in real time. • Online anonymity might be a crucial factor in reaching out for help with mental health in rural locations. • Collective action of forum experts with lived experience counteracts factors that contribute to poor personal resilience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cognitive reappraisal, an adaptive emotion regulation strategy that involves subjectively reinterpreting stressful and adverse experiences in a more positive manner, can enhance personal resilience. Personal resilience is a constellation of attributes that facilitate successful coping and an expeditious return to adaptive functioning after exposure to stress or adversity. This meta-analysis evaluated the association between cognitive reappraisal and personal resilience. A systematic and exhaustive search identified 64 independent samples from 55 studies (N = 29,824) that examined the correlation between cognitive reappraisal and personal resilience. A random-effects model revealed a positive summary effect (r = 0.47, p <.001), indicating that higher cognitive reappraisal was associated with higher personal resilience. Six potential meta-moderators were tested: culture, age, name of the cognitive reappraisal measure, name of the personal resilience measure, study design, and publication period. After two extreme effect size outliers were omitted, tests of publication bias did not reveal any publication bias in this line of research. This quantitative synthesis offers compelling evidence showing that cognitive reappraisal skills operate as a protective strategy against stress and adversity and, therefore, enhance personal resilience. The protective benefits of cognitive reappraisal in relation to personal resilience are relatively robust, as the correlations were statistically significant for all subgroups in the meta-moderation analyses. • Cognitive reappraisal positively relates to personal resilience. • Culture, age, study design, and publication period did not moderate this association. • Cognitive reappraisal scales did not moderate this association. • Personal resilience scales moderated this association. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective (s): Improving quality of working life (QWL) among nurses is crucial for enhancing their performance and, consequently, delivery of quality nursing care to patients. Resilience skills assist nurses to deal better with workplace adversity and demands. Hence, this research examined the effect of teaching resilience skills on nurses’ QWL in a private hospital in Tehran, Iran. Methods: This was a randomized controlled study that was carried out in 2015. Sixty nurses in a private hospital in Tehran, Iran were allotted to two experimental (30 nurses) and control (30 nurses) groups. Nurses in the experimental group were taught about the QWL, job stress, and burnout and resiliency in two 3 hours educational sessions. In addition, they attended 9 practical 1.5 hours training sessions. A valid and reliable questionnaire was used to collect nurses’ QWL data. Data was analyzed using SPSS, v. 17 statistical software. Results: The mean score of nurses’ QWL in the intervention group increased from 2.68 to 3.01 out of 5 (12.3% increase). The paired t-test confirmed the difference as significant (p = 0.003). There was no significant changes in the control group’s QWL at the beginning and the end of the study (2.68 vs. 2.69). Resilience education and training had the most effect on disturbance handling, participation and involvement, job promotion, job security, and salaries dimensions of QWL of the study group. Conclusion: Resilience education and training reduces nurses’ job stress and improves their quality of working life.

Introduction: Retaining the health workforce in rural areas is a global problem. Job dissatisfaction or work-related distress are among the factors that drive doctors to leave rural places. Resilience has been recognised as a key component of wellbeing and is associated with better satisfaction with life. Building personal resilience has the benefits of lowering vulnerability to work-related adversity. This study examined the association between rural doctors' personal resilience and the duration of rural practice. Methods: This cross-sectional study was set in a rural province in Indonesia. A total sampling procedure was implemented. A total of 528 participants responded to an online survey. The survey tool measured six dimensions of a resilience profile (determination, endurance, adaptability, recuperability, comfort zone and life calling) and collected personal data such as date of birth, practice location and duration of rural practice experience. These participants were classified into four groups: intern, general (GP) with 10 years experience. The data were analysed quantitatively using Oneway analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results: Doctors with longer durations of rural experience showed higher resilience levels in four of the dimensions of personal resilience: endurance, adaptability, recuperabilit­y and comfort zone. Among those four dimensions, endurance and comfort zone showed significant differences between groups with >10 years of difference in rural experience (p

Introduction: Retaining the health workforce in rural areas is a global problem. Job dissatisfaction or work-related distress are among the factors that drive doctors to leave rural places. Resilience has been recognised as a key component of wellbeing and is associated with better satisfaction with life. Building personal resilience has the benefits of lowering vulnerability to work-related adversity. This study examined the association between rural doctors' personal resilience and the duration of rural practice. Methods: This cross-sectional study was set in a rural province in Indonesia. A total sampling procedure was implemented. A total of 528 participants responded to an online survey. The survey tool measured six dimensions of a resilience profile (determination, endurance, adaptability, recuperability, comfort zone and life calling) and collected personal data such as date of birth, practice location and duration of rural practice experience. These participants were classified into four groups: intern, general (GP) with <5 years experience, GP with 5-10 years experience, and GP with >10 years experience. The data were analysed quantitatively using Oneway analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results: Doctors with longer durations of rural experience showed higher resilience levels in four of the dimensions of personal resilience: endurance, adaptability, recuperability and comfort zone. Among those four dimensions, endurance and comfort zone showed significant differences between groups with >10 years of difference in rural experience (p<0.05). The other two dimensions, determination and life calling, showed fluctuations across groups with different rural durations. Conclusion:This study provides a preliminary result for understanding the relationship between personal resilience and rural doctor retention. It suggests that resilience is partly associated with rural doctor retention. Further studies are needed to examine the causal relationship between resilience and retention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: While trait emotional intelligence (EI) has been found to be related to young adolescents' affect, the underlying mechanisms need to be further explored. Previous findings are also limited by common method problems arising from the use of cross-sectional design involving single-wave data capture. Objective: The study aims to clarify the relation between trait EI and young adolescents' positive and negative affect by further exploring the mediating roles of personal resilience, social support, and prosocial behavior. Method: We conducted a three-wave survey among 714 Chinese junior high school students (mean age of 11.11 years) with temporal separations of the research measures to reduce common method variance. Trait EI was measured at the beginning of Grade 6; personal resilience, social support, and prosocial behavior were measured at the end of Grade 6; positive and negative affect were measured at the end of Grade 7. Results: Trait EI at the beginning of Grade 6 was positively related to positive affect and negatively related to negative affect by the end of Grade 7. The influence of trait EI on positive affect was fully mediated by personal resilience, social support, and prosocial behavior at the end of Grade 6. Its influence on negative affect was also fully mediated by social support. Conclusions: The findings clarify the mechanisms underlying the trait EI effect and highlight the importance of future youth programs targeting mediation mechanisms. In particular, we suggest the worth of utilizing trait EI to better facilitate personal and social resources when facing difficulties, and to help others in appropriate and effective ways. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mental health is as crucial as physical health, but it is underappreciated by mainstream biomedical research and the public. Compared to the use of AI or robots in physical healthcare, the use of AI or robots in mental healthcare is much more limited in number and scope. To date, psychological resilience—the ability to cope with a crisis and quickly return to the pre-crisis state—has been identified as an important predictor of psychological well-being but has not been commonly considered by AI systems (e.g., smart wearable devices) or social robots to personalize services such as emotion coaching. To address the dearth of investigations, the present study explores the possibility of estimating personal resilience using physiological and speech signals measured during human–robot conversations. Specifically, the physiological and speech signals of 32 research participants were recorded while the participants answered a humanoid social robot’s questions about their positive and negative memories about three periods of their lives. The results from machine learning models showed that heart rate variability and paralinguistic features were the overall best predictors of personal resilience. Such predictability of personal resilience can be leveraged by AI and social robots to improve user understanding and has great potential for various mental healthcare applications in the future.

Purpose: While Extension agents should be ready to deal with recovery efforts, emotional stress can hinder their ability to respond effectively. This study sought to provide overall insights into Florida's Extension agents' ability to engage in post-hurricane response. Design/Methodology/Approach: Resilience and coping literature facilitated a researcher-developed conceptual framework. A basic qualitative design explored hurricane experiences with nine UF/IFAS Extension agents through face-to-face and telephone interviews. Findings: Participants likely had medium to high levels of personal resilience and varying levels of coping abilities. County differences, non-localized stressors, disaster training, and personal experience likely negatively affected agents' coping abilities. Practical Implications: There is scope to improve overall personal resilience by strengthening individual levels of hardiness and coping abilities through disaster training and development. Theoretical Implications: The conceptual framework worked well to identify levels of personal resilience and coping abilities of agents. However, it should be tailored to include external factors likely affecting personal resilience by context of country and disaster. Originality/Value: This research is the first to develop a resilience conceptual framework to describe UF/IFAS Extension agents' level of engagement in hurricane response. Strengthening Extension's post-hurricane response strategies can help ensure vibrant and resilient communities for current and future generations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background. College or university classroom simulations have the potential to create valuable educational outcomes that are difficult to achieve by other means. Personal resilience is one outcome that has achieved significant attention in the literature. Personal resilience is the ability to bounce back, learn from, and move forward after adverse experiences. Aim. This study posits that student personal resilience will increase following participation in university undergraduate management courses that use simulations that are grounded in a proposed teleological process model that includes six causal relationships. Method. Eighty-four students participated in either a Capstone strategy course using the Capsim simulation or a semester-long classroom as organization open simulation called XB that involved student management of all course aspects. The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC 10) survey instrument was used to measure personal resilience at both the beginning and end of each course. Results. In several cases, student personal resilience was significantly increased after courses utilizing simulations involving specific features. Conclusions. Participation in these kinds of experiences (with faculty support) may significantly increase levels of personal resilience among students. Recommendations. Simulations with the specified causal attributes might be used to foster student outcomes such as personal resilience, which typically are not a part of traditional course objectives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nils Palsson and Virajita Singh have partnered in telling Nils’ story of his personal and professional journey with the Transition Town movement – its thought leaders, philosophy, practices, and relationship to the partnership/domination paradigm shift. Through his participation in the grassroots Transition Town movement, Nils found, cultivated, and ultimately shared with others a sense of local empowerment. In his rural home in California’s Lake County, Nils found community, following great personal transformation in his life with the passing of his father. He learned about Transition Towns, permaculture, and other concepts dealing with local resilience, grassroots empowerment, and regenerative and holistic systems and lifestyles. He and others employed the Transition model, as described in Rob Hopkins’ Transition Handbook in transitioning Lake County. In 2015 he became Communications Director of Transition US. In this position, Nils has come to see that the world of Transition is much larger than he had imagined, with citizen-leaders and change agents in Transition Towns working toward environmental justice for all.

Louisiana, a southern coastal state in the United States, flanked by Texas and Mississippi, has seen its share of disasters in the past several decades: from epic Hurricane Camille in 1969 to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, with pervasive aftermath and local, national and global media coverage. This article describes the August 2016 thousand-year flood, meaning the extent of this magnitude only happens once in a thousand years. Experiences seem to be fading from the collective memory, despite massive loss of property, businesses, life and landscape. This article shares two flood stories: a single male who is a painter and who lost everything in a remote and rural place in French Settlement, and is still homeless, and a female doctoral student who was in a more populated suburb of Baton Rouge and has since rebuilt her home with her partner. Both people continue to be productive against the devastating loss of being physically displaced from their homes for months. The authors' intent is not to establish hypotheses or theory, but to share narratives nested in a time when humanity in coverage and science seems left to the political flavor of the day. The people persist, even when others don't pay much mind. Throughout the article, the authors use the "Great Flood," "Great Forgotten Flood," and the "Forgotten Flood" interchangeably to refer to the flood of August 2016. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]