title: An exploratory investigation of relationships among mental skills and resilience in Warrior Transition Unit cadre members.
abstract: Warrior transition unit (WTU) cadre members are exposed to a variety of stressors that put them at risk for adverse conditions and events. Resilience may be a construct capable of moderating some of these potential negative outcomes. In turn, mental toughness is a concept associated with resilience that may provide a unique framework from which to train resilient behavior. This article explored associations between resilience and several mental skills that are assumed to be related to mental toughness, in a sample (n = 27) of WTU cadre members in the U.S. Army. Instruments included the Ottawa Mental Skills Inventory (OMSAT-3) and the Resilience Scale (RS). Both cognitive mental skills and emotion management skills were positively associated with resilience. Results also indicated a model specifying emotion management as a mediator of the relationship between cognitive skills and resilience was consistent with the study data.
authors.affiliation: Center for Enhanced Performance, 745A Brewerton Road, West Point Military Academy, West Point, NY 10996, USA.
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pickering
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hammermeister
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ohlson
authors.forename: Bernie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Holliday
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ulmer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008887:Military Medicine; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D014481:United States