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Building Resilience And Coping Effectiveness (Brace): A Program For Military Families, Linda Pauline Zarrett
Building Resilience And Coping Effectiveness (Brace): A Program For Military Families, Linda Pauline Zarrett
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Building Resiliency and Coping Effectiveness (BRACE): A Program for Military Families
by
Linda Zarrett
MSN, University of Cincinnati, 2012
BSN, Minnesota State University, Moorhead, 1985
Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Walden University
August 2015
Veterans returning from combat report significant family strain and Post Traumatic Stress Symptoms (PTSS) yet have limited access to care resources. Family members, including children, report very similar symptoms to those of veterans and have yet fewer health care resources. The purpose of this project was to apply principles from existing research on post-traumatic stress …
Health Behaviors, Hardiness, And Burnout In Mental Health Workers, Jeremiah Brian Schimp
Health Behaviors, Hardiness, And Burnout In Mental Health Workers, Jeremiah Brian Schimp
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Burnout has emerged as a significant and costly issue in the modern workforce. Researchers have not fully explored the role of individual health behaviors and personality in burnout among mental health workers. The knowledge gap addressed in this study was the connection between health behaviors, what mental health workers do to take care of themselves, and hardiness, the characteristic way they perceive and interpret environmental challenges. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of health behaviors and hardiness among mental health workers on the 3 dimensions of burnout as measured by the MBI-HSS: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and …