Resilience training with soldiers during basic combat training: Randomisation by platoon

Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 85-107

  Adler, Amy B ^a   Williams, Jason ^b   Mcgurk, Dennis ^c   Moss, Andrew ^d   Bliese, Paul D ^e  

^a US Army Medical Research Unit Europe   (Germany)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c Mil Operational Medicine Program   (United States)

^d Mental Health   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

Basic combat training; Group randomised trial; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PHYSIOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; SOLDIER; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PEER GROUP; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925634092     PISSN: 17580846     EISSN: 17580854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aphw.12040     Document Type: Article

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