Military Resilience

The resilience building for optimising soldier efficiency in military operations is a study which aims to enhance the psychological resilience of military personnel through preparation and sustainment activities across the deployment cycle. Studies have found potential risk mechanisms associated with wartime deployment. The effects of physical injury of the deployed soldier on spouses, children, and family functioning are noted (Lester et al., 2010; Chandra, Burns, Tanielian, & Jaycox, 2011). Studies conducted on post-deployment surveys have found that 18% of all service members, including parents and non-parents, report significant mental health problems (Hoge, Auchterlonie, & Milliken, 2006). According to Lester et al. (2010), the service members, as many as 39% and 32%, respectively, of returned parents and their non-military spouses reported clinically significant symptoms of distress, primarily in the form of anxiety and depression.

Apart from the risk factors, the review also focuses on resilience being a process which explains the nature and nurture aspects too. Further, the various arenas of resilience have been highlighted in the review viz. Well-being, socio-cultural factors, social support and personality factors. These areas play a major role in influencing resilience through different concepts. Another major focus of the review is on gender and research has shown that resilience being a multifaceted factor varies with gender, context, time, age and various life circumstances. The measurements used in the current study have been thoroughly reviewed. The scales have been used on different samples like general population, nurses, earthquake survivors, young adults, children and young women. The scales proposed to be used in this study have been found to be reliable and