Efficacy of a cognitive-behavioral program to improve psychological adjustment among soldiers in recruit training

Military Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1151-1157

  Cohn, Andrew ^a,b   Pakenham, Ken ^c  

^a Directorate of Strategic Personnel Planning and Research   (Australia)

^b Directorate of Army Health   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOLDIER; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAINING;

EID: 57449097166     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.173.12.1151     Document Type: Article

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