The relationship between mindfulness and resiliency among active duty service members and military veterans

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1387-1391

  Rice, Valerie ^a   Boykin, Gary ^a   Jeter, Angela ^b   Villarreal, Jessica ^a   Overby, Cory ^b   Alfred, Petra ^c  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DCS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Pacific Science ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVILIAN POPULATIONS; INITIAL INFORMATION; MILITARY VETERANS; U.S. MILITARIES;

RESEARCH;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 84889818606     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/1541931213571307     Document Type: Conference Paper

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