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LIFE SATISFACTION AND THE IMPACT OF WELL-BEING ON THE HEALTH OF COALITION SOLDIERS DURING THE DEPLOYMENT ON A MILITARY OPERATION

Tomas Vasek, J. Zdara, Z. Suchanek

Abstract

The following thesis focuses on the issues regarding life satisfaction and the impact of well-being on physical and mental health of coalition soldiers during their deployment on a military operation in the Middle East area. The authors’ fundamental research question is how the military operational environment affects the life satisfaction of deployed soldiers and thus affects their health. Obviously, life satisfaction is influenced by the military work activities and specifically in an armed conflict environment. Moreover, life satisfaction is one of the variables influencing the work itself. And it can be said that life satisfaction influenced by the working environment also affects the health of soldiers. It turns out that work satisfaction has a very strong and lasting relationship with life satisfaction, as work is a central factor for most people, influencing their identity [1]. Therefore, satisfaction with military work during deployment on an operation can be attributed to overall satisfaction with life, and overall satisfaction with life affects health. However, the time we do not spend with our family also plays a significant role and is related to overall life satisfaction, well-being and mental health of soldiers. The research part deals with finding about life satisfaction profile of deployed soldiers and its influence on their health. Furthermore, it deals with comparison of possible differences in profiles between deployed nations (US, UK, DK). We analysed data obtained in 2017 by the Life Satisfaction Questionnaire (Authors: J. Fahrenberg, M. Myrtek, J. Schumacher and E. Brähler, 2001) which provides a relatively reliable capture of the individual image of the overall life satisfaction of a person and differentiation that satisfaction into ten areas.

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