Department of Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, England.
Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University, Coventry, England.
PLoS One. 2022 Oct 3;17(10):e0273015. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273015. eCollection 2022.
A narrative systematic literature review was conducted to explore resilient performance in defence and security settings. A search strategy was employed across a total of five databases, searching published articles from 2001 onwards that assessed performance and optimal function in relation to resilience, in defence and security personnel. Following narrative synthesis, studies were assessed for quality. Thirty-two articles met inclusion criteria across a range of performance domains, including, but not limited to, course selection, marksmanship, land navigation, and simulated captivity. Some of the key findings included measures of mental toughness, confidence, and a stress-is-enhancing mindset being positively associated with performance outcomes. There was mixed evidence for the predictive value of biomarkers, although there was some support for cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) and neuropeptide-y (NPY), and vagal reactivity. Interventions to improve resilient performance were focused on mindfulness or general psychological skills, with effects generally clearer on cognitive tasks rather than direct performance outcomes in the field. In sum, no single measure, nor intervention was consistently associated with performance over a range of domains. To inform future work, findings from the present review have been used to develop a framework of resilient performance, with the aim to promote theoretically informed work.
进行了一项叙事性系统文献综述，以探讨防御和安全环境中的弹性表现。总共在五个数据库中使用了搜索策略，搜索了自 2001 年以来发表的评估与弹性相关的防御和安全人员的表现和最佳功能的文章。经过叙事综合，对研究进行了质量评估。在一系列表现领域中，有 32 篇文章符合纳入标准，包括但不限于课程选择、射击、陆地导航和模拟监禁。一些主要发现包括心理韧性、信心和压力增强心态的衡量标准与表现结果呈正相关。生物标志物的预测价值存在混合证据，尽管皮质醇、脱氢表雄酮硫酸盐（DHEA-S）和神经肽 Y（NPY）以及迷走神经反应得到了一些支持。提高弹性表现的干预措施集中在正念或一般心理技能上，其效果通常在认知任务上更为明显，而不是在现场的直接表现结果上。总的来说，没有单一的措施或干预措施在一系列领域中始终与表现相关。为了为未来的工作提供信息，本综述的结果被用于制定弹性表现框架，旨在促进理论上的工作。
