Title: Module 4: Cultivating Stress Hardiness
This module was a collaboration between the STI/HIV Prevention Training Center at Johns Hopkins and Lean in Systems & Solutions. It explores the concept of stress hardiness, underscoring the significance of control, commitment, and challenge in reframing stressful situations as avenues for both personal and professional development.
In this brief (10-15 minute)module, participants are invited to deepen their understanding of stress hardiness and learn to harness it to grow through healthcare-related stressors. Engage with this interactive, self-paced learning experience to uncover how stress hardiness can serve to prevent against the adverse effects of stress, including burnout.
"Hardiness, defined by Kobasa (1979) as a personality trait consisting of three fundamental characteristics (commitment, control, and challenge), is a protective factor against the negative effects of stress including burnout" (White et al., 2020).
Goal: Equip learners with the knowledge and skills to foster stress hardiness.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the foundational elements of stress hardiness: control, commitment, and challenge.
- Explore strategies to cultivate stress hardiness.
Learn more about stress hardiness and how it can help protect you from the stress that frequently comes with engaging in providing healthcare.
Project/Content Lead:
Alexander Waitt, MS, MSEd, LPC (he/him)
Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Lean In Systems & Solutions
Audrey Collier, BS (she/her)
Project Manager, Lean In Systems & Solutions
Contributors:
Dr. Jamie Hanson, PhD (he/him)
Chief Scientist Officer at Lean In Systems & Solutions
Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Alison DuBois, PhD, LPC (she/her)
Chief Wellness Officer, Lean In Systems & Solutions
President & CEO at The Mindful Mind, LLC
Nicole Luhanik, MS, LPC (she/her)
Clinical Director, Oasis Mental Health Services
Mercedes Robinson, MA, Ed.m (she/her)
Chief Executive Officer, Tequity In Action
Assistant Director of DEI, Ethical Culture Fieldston School
Salah Kanaan, MSc (he/him)
Chief Technology Officer at Lean In Systems & Solutions
Acknowledgements:
Barbara Wilgus, MSN, CRNP [She/Her/Hers]
Program Administrator, STD/HIV Prevention Training Center at Johns Hopkins; JHU Bayview Medical Center
References:
Kobasa S. C. (1979). Stressful life events, personality, and health: an inquiry into hardiness. Journal of Personality and Social sychology, 37(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-3514.37.1.1
Vagni, M., Maiorano, T., Giostra, V., Pajardi, D., & Bartone, P. (2022). Emergency Stress, Hardiness, Coping Strategies and Burnout in Health Care and Emergency Response Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 918788. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.918788
White, A., Zapata, I., Lenz, A., Ryznar, R., Nevins, N., Hoang, T. N., Franciose, R., Safaoui, M., Clegg, D., & LaPorta, A. J. (2020). Medical Students Immersed in a Hyper-Realistic Surgical Training Environment Leads to Improved Measures of Emotional Resiliency by Both Hardiness and Emotional Intelligence Evaluation. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 569035. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.569035
Disclosure:
The content experts involved in the creation of this module, including the collaboration between the STI/HIV Prevention Training Center at Johns Hopkins and Lean in Systems & Solutions, have declared that there are no financial relationships or conflicts of interest to disclose. This module is the product of our commitment to providing high-quality, unbiased education and training. Our team has worked diligently to ensure that the content is current, accurate, and developed independently of any commercial interests.