Conscious Presence and Self Control as a measure of situational awareness in soldiers - A validation study

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Büssing, Arndt ^a   Walach, Harald ^b   Kohls, Niko ^c,d   Zimmermann, Fred ^c,d   Trousselard, Marion ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY VIADRINA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d SAMUELI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e CENTRE DE RECHERCHES   (France)

Author keywords

Conscious presence; Mindfulness; Questionnaire; Soldiers; Trauma; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; POSITIVE LIFE CONSTRUCTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONTROL; SOLDIER; STRESS; VALIDATION STUDY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84871895759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17524458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-4458-7-1     Document Type: Article

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