Hardiness predicts post-traumatic growth and well-being in severely wounded servicemen and their spouses
- Bartone, P.T., & Bowles, S. V. (2021). Hardiness predicts post-traumatic growth and well-being in severely wounded servicemen and their spouses. Military Medicine, 186(5-6), 500-504. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usaa250
- Hardiness is a sense of personal agency and control that enables individuals to view challenges as opportunities to learn. This study examined the impact of hardiness on well-being (i.e., general satisfaction with work, emotional and physical health, relationships, community, and finances) and posttraumatic growth (i.e., positive change resulting from trauma) in a sample of 22 seriously injured Service members and their spouses (N = 44). Demographic factors (e.g., income) and neuroticism (i.e., tendency to experience negative emotions) were also accounted for in this study. In addition, injured Service members and their spouses responded to an open-ended question about possible benefits that had stemmed from the injury. Hardiness was associated with more posttraumatic growth and greater well-being for Service members and their spouses.
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