Becoming More Resilient during COVID-19: Insights from a Process Evaluation of Digital Resilience Training

Abstract

Resilience training is gaining attention as a strategy to build students’ resistance to adversity and promote their mental well-being. However, owing to inconsistencies and variations in the content and delivery of resilience training, more work is needed to examine students’ experiences and preferences to address issues relating to intervention fidelity. This study adopted a qualitative approach in exploring students’ experience of synchronous and asynchronous versions of a digital resilience training program. Seventeen students were interviewed using a semi-structured virtual face-to-face interview via Zoom. The thematic analyses unveiled four themes: embarking on a journey toward resilience, discovering strategies to develop resilience, finding a balance to benefit from resilience skill enhancement, and instilling resilience in the everyday. Future resilience training should consider students’ workload and interactivity to enhance their engagement. As being resilient is associated with better mental well-being, the findings of this study may support the development of future wellness programs.

Unpacking the Experiences of Health Care Professionals About the Web-Based Building Resilience At Work Program During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Framework Analysis

“…With regard to the web-based elements, the availability of different web-based learning tools has supported participants’ learning. This finding was consistent with prior research that evaluated web-based resilience programs [ 22 , 40 ]. Several key characteristics of web-based learning stood out.…”

“…Existing resilience interventions have focused on modifiable personal and relational factors such as the use of cognitive behavioral techniques [ 19 ], mindfulness training [ 20 , 21 ], and social competency skills [ 22 , 23 ]. However, most existing literature focused on evaluating the effects of resilience training using quantitative approaches [ 13 ].…”

“…Thus, conducting process evaluations of interventions may be worthy in providing recommendations for improvements and supporting the eventual implementation of the program. Although prior qualitative evaluations of resilience programs [ 22 , 27 , 28 ] have made valuable contributions toward an in-depth understanding of participants’ experiences, its findings may not be transferrable because of several factors, such as population, cultural differences, and type of resilience program. For these reasons, conducting a study to encapsulate the experiences of the participants of the Building Resilience At Work (BRAW) program is important.…”

Educational Opportunities Provided by the Existence of Critical Infrastructures at the Level of Sibiu County in the Field of Training for Resilience

“…The earliest article appeared in 1988 and focused on turning failure into success by integrating resilience skills into organizational practice (Melnick, 1989). Among the newest articles, indexed in November 2022, there are topics on reducing stress among students by "training" resilience (Dijk et al, 2022) or testing a digital resilience training program also in the education system in response to the Covid-19 crisis (Ang et al, 2022). As an evolution, in the same database, it can be seen that in the last two years the concerns have changed, with more emphasis on the importance of resilience for occupational health with direct impact on institutional performance.…”

Individual (Non) Resilience of University Students to Digital Media Manipulation after COVID-19 (Case Study of Slovak Initiatives)

“…Recently, the number of studies examining the resilience of students has increased [ 71 , 72 , 73 ] although most of these have primarily focused on students’ resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic [ 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 ] and so on. The research findings and conclusions of those studies can be considered as the academic and civil society’s contribution to resilience.…”