Qualidade de vida e bem-estar de jovens adultos à entrada do Ensino Superior Militar

Entry into military higher education poses new challenges and demands, both due to its military regime and internship. The quality of life of university students has been a concern for institutions, and the objective of this study is to understand the relationships between coping strategies, global well-being and quality of life associated with a stress-potentiating event, the Military Aptitude Test (MAT). Participated in the study all candidates for Military Academy (MA) in the academic year 2019/2020 (N = 166), between 17 and 24 years old (M = 18.78; SD = 1.53), mostly male (82.5%) and candidates for Military Science courses (63.2%). Participants filled out self-report instruments to assess global wellbeing (Flourishing scale), coping strategies (Incope-2R) and quality of life (EUROHIS-QOL-8). The results showed correlations between several coping strategies (e.g., rumination, problem solving), global wellbeing, and quality of life. Through a hierarchical multiple linear regression, the gender of the participants (female), the perception of quality of life and the reduced use of avoidance as a coping strategy were identified as predictors of global well-being. Taken together, these variables explain 36.8% of the variance in well-being of candidates for MA. The use and promotion of appropriate coping strategies will allow a positive adaptation to MAT and, consequently, a positive impact on the well-being and mental health of students in military higher education, and may be the focus of preventive interventions in this phase of life.