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Trial reportStress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress2022

The coping insights evident through self-reflection on stressful military training events: Qualitative evidence from self-reflection journals.

Samantha Leigh Falon, Scott Hoare, Maria Kangas, Monique Frances Crane

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Trial report in Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Tapping your inner psychotherapist: The effects of a growth writing for military cadets on mental health.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2024
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  2. The coping insights evident through self-reflection on stressful military training events: Qualitative evidence from self-reflection journals.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2022
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  3. Coping-Related Insight as a Mechanism of Resilience Capacity Development in Emerging Adulthood: A Registered Report.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2026
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  5. Effects of avoidance in German military police resilience training.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Samantha Leigh FalonDepartment of Psychology, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2800-4065
Scott HoareDepartment of Psychology, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia.
Maria KangasDepartment of Psychology, Centre for Emotional Health, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8693-2949
Monique Frances CraneDepartment of Psychology, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4943-7962

Funding

Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research has demonstrated that adaptive forms of self-reflection on stressor events and insight may strengthen resilient capacities. However, the coping insights that emerge during self-reflection are notoriously under-researched. In this research, we sought to explore the evidence for the self-reflective activities and coping insights drawn from the Self-Reflection and Coping Insight Framework and find evidence of new reflections or insights not captured within the framework. Qualitative analysis was used to examine weekly, written self-reflective journals completed by Officer Cadets involved in a randomised-controlled trial of Self-Reflection Resilience Training. Sixty-eight Officer Cadets who submitted their journals for analysis were included. Journals were analysed using a deductive thematic approach. Findings revealed that self-reflective activities occurred frequently over the course of the intervention. Coping insights were comparatively less frequent, but conveyed complex ideas about the self in the context of stressor exposure, broad principles about stress and coping, and nuanced interpretations regarding the interaction between the efficacy of coping approaches and broader contextual and intrapersonal factors. These findings demonstrate the critical role of coping insight during Self-Reflection Resilience Training, with implications for developing a validated self-report measure of self-reflective activity and coping insight.

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Military PersonnelStress, PsychologicalHumansdiarymental healthresilienceself-awarenesswisdom

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PMID35266279
PMCPMC10078775

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