Farchi Moshe, Gidron Yori
Department of the Stress and Trauma Studies, School of Social Work, Tel Hai Academic College, Tel Hai, Israel.
J Nerv Ment Dis. 2010 May;198(5):382-4. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181da4b67.
Anxiety and hopelessness are common reactions of citizens exposed to continuous war threats. Common interventions focus on support, calming, and emotional ventilation, with few attempts to reduce people's cognitive barriers concerning active coping, which could increase their resilience. This study tested the effects of psychological inoculation (PI), which specifically aims to challenge such barriers, on the mental resilience of Israeli citizens living in Sderot. Participants were randomly assigned to either 2 PI sessions or 2 ventilation sessions, provided over the phone. Anxiety, helplessness, pessimism, and functioning were briefly assessed at baseline and 1 week after interventions. No time, group, or group x time interactions were observed. However, a time x group x sex interaction emerged for helplessness: Men benefited from the PI whereas women benefited from ventilation, in reducing helplessness. Under chronic war stress, it seems difficult to improve people's resilience, although PI may be partly beneficial for men. Further research is needed to test the effects of PI on mental resilience.
焦虑和绝望是面临持续战争威胁的民众的常见反应。常见的干预措施侧重于提供支持、安抚情绪以及情感宣泄，很少有人尝试减少人们在积极应对方面的认知障碍，而这种障碍会削弱他们的恢复力。本研究测试了心理预演（PI）对居住在斯德洛特的以色列公民心理恢复力的影响，心理预演旨在专门挑战此类障碍。参与者被随机分配到通过电话进行的2次心理预演课程或2次宣泄课程。在基线和干预后1周对焦虑、无助感、悲观情绪和功能进行了简要评估。未观察到时间、组间或组间×时间的交互作用。然而，在无助感方面出现了时间×组间×性别的交互作用：男性从心理预演中受益，而女性从宣泄中受益，无助感均有所降低。在长期战争压力下，似乎很难提高人们的恢复力，尽管心理预演可能对男性有一定益处。需要进一步研究来测试心理预演对心理恢复力的影响。
