Psychology Research and Behavior Management (Jun 2024)

Preventing and Mitigating Post-Traumatic Stress: A Scoping Review of Resilience Interventions for Military Personnel in Pre Deployment

  • Sun Z,
  • Song J,
  • Chen J,
  • Gan X,
  • Li Y,
  • Qiu C,
  • Zhang W,
  • Gao Y

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 17
pp. 2377 – 2389

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Zhanying Sun,1,2,* Jie Song,2,* Jingru Chen,1 Xueyang Gan,1 Yi Li,3 Chen Qiu,2 Weili Zhang,1 Yuan Gao2 1Graduate School, Chinese PLA Medical School, Beijing, 100853, People’s Republic of China; 2Nursing Department, the First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Orthopedics, the Forth Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Yuan Gao, Email [email protected]: Resilience is considered as a protective factor that can assist individuals to reduce post-traumatic stress reactions. In recent years, armies in many countries have widely implemented resilience training programs before deployment to prevent or reduce post-deployment combat stress reactions. Therefore, this study aims to review what is known about resilience interventions for military personnel in pre deployment.Methods: Based on Arskey and O’Malley’s framework, a scoping review was completed. This review was performed through searching databases including PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Medline and the Cochrane Library, and screening literature to extract data, finally summarizing the findings.Results: A total of 25 studies focusing on resilience interventions for military personnel in pre deployment were involved and analyzed using intervention approaches, outcome measures, intervention effects, and so on.Conclusion: Based on the existing evidence in this review, it is cautiously believed that the resilience intervention program for military personnel before deployment is effective. However, there is no single effective best method even the same type intervention can make different effects in different situations and populations. Therefore, the population differences and context should be fully considered in constructing and implementing program to build military personnel resilience.Keywords: resilience, military personnel, prevention, post-traumatic stress response

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