Selection of key stressors to develop virtual environments for practicing stress management skills with military personnel prior to deployment

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-94

  Bouchard, Stéphane ^a,b   Baus, Oliver ^a,b   Bernier, François ^c   McCreary, Donald R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

^d DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOLDIER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77949747153     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2009.0336     Document Type: Article

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