Report
Spiritual Fitness and Resilience
Oct 3, 2013
This report is one of a series designed to support Air Force leaders in promoting resilience among its Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force families. It examines the relationship between nutritional fitness and resilience, using key constructs found in the scientific literature that address address self-regulation, positive affect, perceived control, self-efficacy, self-esteem, and optimism.
A Review of Relevant Constructs, Measures, and Links to Well-Being
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This report is one of a series designed to support Air Force leaders in promoting resilience among its Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force family members. It examines the relationship between nutritional fitness and resilience, using key constructs found in the scientific literature that address self-regulation, positive affect, perceived control, self-efficacy, self-esteem, and optimism. Supporting or increasing the levels of the key measures of nutritional fitness identified in this report may facilitate resilience and can protect Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force families from the negative effects of stress. The report also reviews construct measures, well-being, and resilience outcomes as well as interventions designed to promote the nutritional fitness constructs.
Chapter One
The Context of This Report
Chapter Two
Background to This Report
Chapter Three
Nutritional Fitness Constructs, Measures, and Links to Health Outcomes
Chapter Four
Motivators and Barriers: Psychosocial and Environmental Variables
Chapter Five
Interventions That Promote Nutritional Fitness
Chapter Six
Conclusions
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