Soldiers' perceptions of resilience training and postdeployment adjustment: Validation of a measure of resilience training content and training process

Psychological Services

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 390-403

  Foran, Heather M ^a   Adler, Amy B ^a   McGurk, Dennis ^a   Bliese, Paul D ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Military; Posttraumatic stress; Prevention; Program evaluation; Resilience training

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADULT; ATTITUDE; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874579510     PISSN: 15411559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028178     Document Type: Article

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