An exploratory investigation of relationships among mental skills and resilience in warrior transition unit cadre members

Military Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 213-219

  Pickering, Michael A ^a   Hammermeister, Jon ^a   Ohlson, Carl ^a   Holliday, Bernie ^a   Ulmer, Graham ^b  

^a UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY MEDICINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953306198     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-09-00059     Document Type: Article

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