Resilience to Traumatic Exposure Among Soldiers Deployed in Combat

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-37

  Schaubroeck, John M ^a   Riolli, Laura T ^b   Peng, Ann Chunyan ^a   Spain, Everett S ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Personality; Stress appraisal; Trauma; Work demands

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MILITARY SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOLDIER; STRESS MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY PERSONNEL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79851496088     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021006     Document Type: Article

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