Resilience Among Students at the Basic Enlisted Submarine School

Abstract

This study assesses resilience among Sailors at Basic Enlisted Submarine School (BESS), analyzing the effects of positive framing and how changes in resilience affect subjective well-being and perceived stress. An appreciative inquiry-based intervention was administered at two intervals to measure changes according to various scales (e.g., positive framing, perceived-stress scale, resilience, and subjective well-being). Surveys of BESS Sailors were collected at four intervals to examine relationships, trends, and measure changes in scales and self-reported resilience. The Hayes Macro in the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SSPS) was used to uncover factors relevant to mediation analysis. Findings suggest that the encouragement of social resilience helps buffer against stress and explains subjective well-being. Improvement of Sailor resilience may improve fleet readiness, productivity, retention, and morale. It is recommended that this study be expanded in scope from BESS to the entire submarine fleet to target and reduce unplanned attrition in the submarine community.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1031538

Entities

People

  • Alicemary Trivette
  • Dominic Raigoza
  • Melissa Gonzales

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Age Distribution
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Basic Training
  • Business Administration
  • Literature Surveys
  • Psychological Adaptation
  • Psychology
  • Public Policy
  • Regression Analysis
  • Social Environment
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Submarines
  • Training
  • Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Systems Analysis and Design