Abstract
Israeli recruits (N = 276) completed questionnaires on hardiness, mental health, cognitive appraisal, and ways of coping at the beginning and end of a demanding, 4-month combat training period. Path analysis revealed that 2 components of hardiness--commitment and control measured at the beginning of the training--predicted mental health at the end of the training through the mediation of appraisal and coping variables. Commitment improved mental health by reducing the appraisal of threat and the use of emotion-focused strategies and by increasing secondary appraisal. Control improved mental health by reducing the appraisal of threat and by increasing secondary appraisal and the use of problem-solving and support-seeking strategies.
Keywords
PsychologyCoping (psychology)Mental healthHardiness (plants)Social psychologyCognitive appraisalCoping behaviorClinical psychologyDevelopmental psychologyPsychotherapist
MeSH Terms
AdaptationPsychologicalAdolescentHumansInternal-External ControlIsraelLife Change EventsMaleMilitary PersonnelMotivationPersonalityPersonality InventoryProblem Solving
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Víctor Florián,
Mario Mikulincer,
Orit Taubman
(1995).
Does hardiness contribute to mental health during a stressful real-life situation? The roles of appraisal and coping..
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
, 68
(4)
, 687-695.
https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.68.4.687
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- 10.1037/0022-3514.68.4.687
- PMID
- 7738771