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An automated content-based measure of closed loop communication among critical care air transport teams Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 F. Eric Robinson, David Grimm, Dain Horning, Jamie C. Gorman, Jennifer Winner, Christopher W. Wiese
Successful teamwork is essential to ensure critical care air transport (CCAT) patients receive effective care. Despite the importance of team performance, current training methods rely on subjectiv...
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‘Hidden’ anger as a risk factor for operational health: An exploratory approach among French military personnel Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Anaïs Marmuse, Jean-Baptiste Billaud, Sandrine Jacob, Cécile Vigier, Céline Ramdani, Marion Trousselard
Military personnel are repeatedly exposed to multiple stressors, and are sometimes characterized by high levels of anger. Evidence suggests that this anger can become dysfunctional, and impact the ...
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Sexual and reproductive health in military settings: A qualitative study Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Sara E. Vargas, Kade Thornton, Colby Norris, Galen Gist, Madison F. Clark, Leslie Ramirez, Melissa Guillen, Kate M. Guthrie, Ryan R. Landoll
Mission readiness is critical to the operational success of the United States (US) military and includes having a healthy and fit fighting force. Service members and their dependents have access to...
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Difficulties with emotion regulation within PTSD clusters and moral injury subtypes Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Rachel L. Boska, Todd M. Bishop, Daniel W. Capron, Maegan M. Paxton Willing, Lisham Ashrafioun
Treatment and research centered on trauma-related mental health issues have largely focused on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); however, moral injury is another important mental health concern...
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Predicting soldier retention from army spouse characteristics and attitudes: Soldiering on with spouse support Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Carra S. Sims, Thomas E. Trail, Jessie Coe
The U.S. Army has a vested interest in retaining the skilled personnel necessary to achieve its mission and strategic goals. A wealth of research has investigated the retention process and what inf...
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Transformational leadership, well-being, morale, and readiness: The mediating role of empowerment Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Kathy Michaud, Kheana Barbeau-Julien, Michael Slinger
Transformational leadership is embedded in the value system of the Canadian military ethos. Research suggests that transformational leadership can be viewed as a form of empowering leadership facil...
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The mediating role of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in pain cognitions among Veterans with chronic pain Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 David E. Reed II, Elizabeth A. Lehinger, Briana Cobos, Rhonda M. Williams, Cindy A. McGeary, Donald D. McGeary
Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are highly prevalent among Veterans with chronic pain. Considerable research has examined the intersection of chronic pain and PTSD symptoms. Howeve...
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Loneliness partially mediates the relation between substance use and suicidality in Veterans Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Katherine Musacchio Schafer, Emma Wilson-Lemoine, Marie Campione, Sean Dougherty, Ruth Melia, Thomas Joiner
America has experienced a rapid increase in loneliness, substance use, and suicidality. This increase is particularly deleterious for Veterans, who, as compared to nonmilitary-connected civilians, ...
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Measurement of psychological constructs in military populations and settings Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Armando X. Estrada, Janice H. Laurence, Fritz Drasgow
Published in Military Psychology (Vol. 36, No. 1, 2024)
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Predicting ranger attrition Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Aaron K. Coombs, Neil M.A. Hauenstein
Elite military programs such as the 75th Ranger Regiment’s Ranger Assessment and Selection Program (RASP) see rates of attrition often in excess of 50%, and amplify the need to identify and screen ...
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A pilot study of trauma-sensitive yoga and Breathe2Relax among service members in an intensive outpatient program Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Nancy A. Skopp, David Bradshaw, Derek J. Smolenski, Naomi Wilson, Tammy Williams, Dawn Bellanti, Tim Hoyt
Emerging research indicates that yoga is a promising adjunct to psychological trauma treatment. The current pilot study examined the associations between psychophysiological stress, diaphragmatic b...
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What do you bring to the table? Exploring psychological attributes that predict successful military training Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Stuart Beattie, Thomas Du Preez, Lew Hardy, Calum Arthur
The psychological characteristics that new recruits bring when starting military basic training (MBT) may help or hinder successful completion rates. The first part of this study explores how psych...
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Effectiveness of the TSL (Thank you, Sorry, and Love) program for adaptability of military children Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Hyun Lee, Jae Yop Kim
This study aims to assess the effectiveness of the TSL (Thank you, Sorry, and Love) program in enhancing the adaptability of military children in the Republic of Korea. A total of 30 military child...
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Evaluation of health literacy and its predictive formative factors among Spanish military personnel Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Iago Portela-Pino, Ariadna Hernaiz-Sanchez, Lucía Lomba-Portela
Health literacy (HL) is an aspect that has been widely studied. However, in the military population there are hardly any studies on the influence of educational variables. Knowing the level of heal...
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Development of the ARENA training programme for resilient performance in defense and security settings. Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Marc V Jones,Nathan Smith,Lucy Walker,Martin Turner,Andrew McCann,Elizabeth Braithwaite,Danielle Burns,Paul Emmerson,Leonie Webster,Martin Jones
Defense and Security Personnel (DSP) often have to operate in the presence of stressful demands. Prior research has identified factors and processes associated with DSP being able to perform resiliently in demanding situations and settings. The aim of the present study was to develop a resilient performance training programme for UK defense and security operators. An intervention mapping (IM) method
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Effect of changing threat conditions on police and military commanders’ preferences for urgent and offensive actions: An analysis of decision making at the operational level of war Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Jostein Mattingsdal, Bjørn Helge Johnsen, Roar Espevik
A simulation was conducted to examine the decision making of 102 high-ranking police and military commanders (male/female = 88/12, mean years of employment = 22.15) engaged in a simulated hybrid at...
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Peer effects on organizational commitment: Evidence from military cadets Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Seungju Hyun, Xyle Ku, Joonyoung Hu, Byeonghyeon Kim, Hoyoun Ki, Jaewon Ko
The commitment of soldiers to the military is essential because it could lead to increased morale, motivation and retention. Despite the accumulation of knowledge about predictors of organizational...
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The first shot counts the most: Tactical breathing as an intervention to increase marksmanship accuracy in student officers Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Fabio Ibrahim, Jonas Schumacher, Lars Schwandt, Philipp Yorck Herzberg
In this study, we investigated the effect of tactical breathing (breath-based stress management) on marksmanship performance in a randomized between-subjects design. The total of n = 100 participan...
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Decreasing alcohol use among young adults presenting for service in the U.S. Air Force: An epidemiological surveillance study Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-09-19 Chase A. Aycock, Indika Mallawaarachchi, Robert C. Klesges, Xin-Qun Wang, Daniel G. Cassidy, Kara P. Wiseman, Andrea E. Krunnfusz, Debamita Kundu, Marc A. Patience, Rosemary Estevez Burns, G. Wayne Talcott
U.S. surveys demonstrate recent decreases in the prevalence of alcohol use and binge drinking among young adults. The current study aims to determine whether similar trends are evident in a similar...
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Sleep quality and duration: A key to life satisfaction among military students Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-09-19 Jiri Nema, Denisa Mankova, Miroslav Bures, Jan Novak
Military service is a demanding profession that requires high physical preparedness and mental endurance. At the same time, the demands of military duties often require early rising and shortened s...
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Tapping your inner psychotherapist: The effects of a growth writing for military cadets on mental health Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-09-18 Seungju Hyun, Xyle Ku, Jaewoong Baik
Although growth writing has been verified to be effective in addressing psychological maladjustment through sequential shifts in emotion-processing strategies, there have been no further findings e...
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Mission command: A self-determination theory perspective Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-09-13 Hans-Christian Knevelsrud, Henrik Ottesen Sørlie, Sigmund Valaker
ABSTRACT It is well documented that leadership behavior influences employees’ motivation. In particular are autonomy-supportive leadership styles associated with desirable outcomes through basic psychological needs satisfaction and subsequent autonomous motivation. Mission Command, a leadership philosophy endorsed by the armed forces of many nations, can be considered autonomy-supportive and should
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Evaluation of a decision support system using Bayesian network modeling in an applied Multi-INT surveillance environment Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Mary E. Frame, Barbara Acker-Mills, Anna Maresca, Robert E. Patterson, Erica Curtis, Regina Buccello-Stout, Justin Nelson
ABSTRACT Sensemaking and decision-making are fundamental components of applied Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR). Analysts acquire information from multiple sources over a period of hours, days, or even over the scale of months or years, that must be interpreted and integrated to predict future adversarial events. Sensemaking is essential for developing an appropriate mental model
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Cognitive reappraisal moderates the effect of combat or other exposures on negative behavioral health symptoms Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-08-29 Jeffrey M. Osgood, Hunter K. Yates, Jayne B. Holzinger, Phillip J. Quartana
ABSTRACT Understanding the individual differences that can buffer the impact of combat and other adverse exposures on deleterious behavioral health outcomes could lead to more targeted prevention and intervention efforts. Cognitive reappraisal, an antecedent-focused emotion regulation strategy, is linked to positive health outcomes such as lower levels of post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and
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Narratives of holistic mental health recovery in New Zealand Defence Force personnel Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-08-29 Carsten James Grimm, Ian de Terte, Darrin Hodgetts, Stephen Kearney
ABSTRACT Research on military mental health recovery has tended to focus on therapy outcomes while backgrounding the role of diverse healing influences. The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is a bicultural military integrated with Māori customs and cultural perspectives on holistic health and wellbeing. This study used narrative analysis to examine the semi-structured interviews of 21 active duty NZDF
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Evaluation of warning strategies to reduce faking during military recruitment Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-08-28 Justin Ryan Feeney, Richard D. Goffin, Colin Kemp, Shadi Beshai, Joy D. Klammer
ABSTRACT The applicant faking literature suggests that faking warnings – brief messages that dissuade applicants from faking – can reduce faking on personality tests by up to 50%. However, the efficacy of warnings may be limited by their atheoretical construction. Further, these threatening messages can cause applicants to feel negatively about the personality test, potentially reducing their validity
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Widening the scope of intensive treatment for PTSD in the military health system Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-08-25 Jonathan W. Murphy
ABSTRACT Recent trends have exacerbated existing problems accessing mental health care for military service members. To address these problems, lawmakers and military leaders have been busy introducing new legislation and changing policies in order to improve access. While these initiatives are critical for long-term change, military service members need solutions that can help them now. Although it
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The COVID-19 pandemic and the military: Lessons learned for readiness and resilience Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Richard L. Griffith, Constanze Dostal, Nicholas A. Moon, Dominic Fedele
Published in Military Psychology (Vol. 35, No. 5, 2023)
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General intelligence, personality traits, and motivation as predictors of performance, potential, and rate of advancement of Royal Navy senior officers Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-08-11 Mike Young, Victor Dulewicz
ABSTRACT This paper assesses the impact of general intelligence, as well as specific personality traits, and aspects of motivation, on performance, potential, and advancement of senior leaders. A questionnaire survey was conducted on the full population of 381 senior officers in the Royal Navy with an 80% response rate. Performance, potential, and rate of advancement were established direct from the
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Leadership perspectives on facilitators and barriers to sustaining evidence-based prevention interventions in the United States Military Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Alison L. Drew, Kimberly A. Rhoades, Amy M. Smith Slep, Richard E. Heyman, Huidi Yang
ABSTRACT The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) aims to prevent suicide, harassment, sexual assault, and partner and child maltreatment by implementing evidence-based behavioral health interventions (EBIs). However, sustaining EBI implementation over time and with fidelity to result in meaningful impacts is a tremendous challenge. We interviewed 35 military leaders in positions to observe, and possibly
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Military to civilian cultural transition experiences of retired military personnel: A systematic meta-synthesis Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Shivani Sachdev, Shikha Dixit
ABSTRACT Military organizations often demonstrate contrasting features compared to civilian ones, including indoctrination of military identity and mind-set. Therefore, on returning after retirement, military personnel undergo acculturation to reconnect to the civilian world. Many military retirees face difficulty readjusting in multiple professional and personal life domains, and report decreased
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War trauma impacts in Ukrainian combat and civilian populations: Moral injury and associated mental health symptoms Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Larysa Zasiekina, Tamara Duchyminska, Antonia Bifulco, Giacomo Bignardi
ABSTRACT This is the first study to compare active-duty soldiers and student civilian samples during the first three months of the Ukrainian-Russian war in relation to moral injury and its association with PTSD, anxiety and depression. A total of 350 participants, including 191 active-duty soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Force (UAF), who were on the frontline during the full-scale invasion of Russian
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Is social support beneficial for military cadets to accomplish empowerment? Findings from a long-term cross-lagged panel analysis Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Pao-Lung Chiu, Nai-Lin Wang, Yi-Ming Yu
ABSTRACT Social support and empowerment are central to health and wellbeing. Besides, social support is often the primary means to help students improve their mental health and accomplish empowerment. However, military academies are an atypical form of tertiary education. Is social support still beneficial for military cadets to accomplish empowerment? Or does empowerment influence the extent of social
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Comments on the articles dealing with individual performance criteria that are included in this special issue of Military Psychology Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-06-23 John P. Campbell
ABSTRACT Individual performance criterion measurement is central to effective personnel management in the military services, and to all other organizations as well. The articles in this special issue summarize the state of the art in all major phases of performance criterion development and assessment. The overall record, while it varies in terms of current progress across the major parts, is admirable
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Commentary on the criterion problem in the US Department of Defense: Policy and operational considerations Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-06-23 Sofiya Velgach, Jane M. Arabian
ABSTRACT Criterion measures are foundational to an effective selection and classification process and valid enlistment aptitude standards. The Department of Defense, when possible, considers eligibility standards based on empirical evidence of the relationship between recruit attributes and applicable performance to be best practice. Ensuring use and incorporation of appropriate criteria is critical
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Introduction to the special issue on criterion measurement Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-06-23 Deirdre J. Knapp, Michael G. Rumsey
ABSTRACT Criterion identification and measurement is often an afterthought in criterion-related validation research. Yet it is essential in determining what predictor measures to use in operational settings. Accordingly, this special issue discusses recent advances in addressing the “criterion problem” in U.S. military enlisted personnel selection and classification research. In this introductory paper
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Sex differences in hardiness, coping, and health in new West Point cadets Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-06-16 Paul T. Bartone, Rosellen Roche
ABSTRACT The U.S. Military Academy at West Point places young men and women in a highly demanding world of extreme mental and physical challenges. As such, it provides an excellent natural laboratory in which to study how people respond and adapt to highly stressful conditions. The present study explores the role of personality hardiness and coping as stress resilience resources in new (freshmen) cadets
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Grit and uncertainty: Grit predicts performance and West Point graduation during pandemic conditions Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-06-15 Elizabeth L. Wetzler, Andrew G. Farina, Jeremiah Powers, Michael D. Matthews
ABSTRACT Grit, or the passionate pursuit of long-term goals, is an important predictor of performance and success across various domains, including within some military contexts. Whether grit predicts such outcomes at a military service academy during a multi-year period of prolonged uncertainty, however, is unknown. Using institutional data collected prior to the COVID-19 pandemic onset, we assessed
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The association of military sexual assault and nonsuicidal self-injury in U.S. Gulf War-I era veterans Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-06-09 Tapan A. Patel, Adam J. Mann, Tate F. Halverson, Faith O. Nomamiukor, Patrick S. Calhoun, Jean C. Beckham, Mary J. Pugh, Nathan A. Kimbrel
ABSTRACT Military sexual assault (MSA) is a prevalent issue among military personnel that has been linked to adverse mental and physical health outcomes, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and suicidal thoughts and behaviors. The present study sought to investigate the relationship between MSA and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) in a national sample of Gulf War-I Era U.S. veterans. The study
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The Purple Heart and suicide risk in Post-9/11 U.S. Army Combat Veterans with a traumatic brain injury: A mixed methods study Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Jayna Moceri-Brooks, Linda Garand, L. Kathleen Sekula, Rick Zoucha, Thomas Joiner
ABSTRACT Active service members and Veterans with a combat-related traumatic brain injury (TBI) are four times more likely to attempt suicide than those without a TBI. TBIs are the signature injuries of the Post-9/11 conflicts and Combat Veterans (i.e., current and former service members who deployed in support of a combat mission) with these injuries are entitled to receive the Purple Heart medal
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Security providing leadership and work stress in Spanish Air Force Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-05-31 Pablo Lobato, Juan A. Moriano, Ana Laguía, Fernando Molero, Mario Mikulincer
ABSTRACT Leadership plays a key role in the well-being of military personnel, either contributing to health improvement or, conversely, becoming a source of stress. In the present study we propose that security providing leadership can reduce work stress in the military context. Furthermore, we suggest that security-providing leaders exert their positive influence on work stress by creating a psychological
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How future self-continuity mediates the impact of job loss on negative mental health outcomes among transitioning veterans Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Chynna Levin, Sterling Nenninger, Devora Freundlich, Sofie Glatt, Yosef Sokol
ABSTRACT Veterans in the transition stage out of the military have an increased risk for negative mental health outcomes and suicide. Previous research has found that finding and retaining employment is the most challenging post-service adjustment for veterans. Job loss may have a greater impact on mental health for veterans than for civilians due to the myriad challenges often faced when transitioning
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Military experiences, connection to military identity, and time since military discharge as predictors of United States veteran suicide risk Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-05-19 Emily Edwards, Terra Osterberg, Brettland Coolidge, Ashley L. Greene, Gabriella Epshteyn, Daniel Gorman, Danny Ruiz, Paul El-Meouchy
ABSTRACT Veterans navigating the military-to-civilian transition appear at elevated risk for suicide. However, research on the transition-suicide association often fails to consider co-occurring risk factors. The independent association of time since military discharge and suicide among veterans therefore remains unclear. Data from 1,495 post-Vietnam community veterans provided estimates of suicide
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The self-reported impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological health of U.S. Air Force cyber personnel Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-05-11 Tanya M. Goodman, Rachael N. Martinez
ABSTRACT U.S. Air Force cyber personnel were faced with changes in their workplace, fitness routines, and personal lives during the COVID19 pandemic. Adjusting to COVID-19-related requirements likely increased the stress of already stressful jobs for military members and their families, which could have resounding impacts on emotional, social, and physical well-being. Therefore, it is important to
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Hope, proactive personality, coping styles, and satisfaction with life among veterans during COVID-19 Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Elizabeth R. Grzesik, Arpita Ghosh
ABSTRACT Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces are an at-risk population given their increased mental health concerns resulting from their military service. However, there has been limited research conducted with this population during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine aspects of positive psychological functioning with 132 U.S. veterans during
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A reasoned action approach to meditation behavior among cadets at the United States Military Academy Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Ryan G. Erbe, Peter Meindl, Elise M. Dykhuis, Gabriela Boatright, LTC Travis Tilman
ABSTRACT Military members face emotion-regulation challenges due to the high-pressure nature of the profession as evidenced by rates of mental health issues within military populations. Identifying behaviors that are efficient and effective at promoting emotion-regulation and helping military members adopt them is essential. Recently, meditation has been shown to reduce stress, enhance attention control
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A qualitative examination of the reintegration experiences of Australian Defense Force families Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Alixandra Risi, Amy L. Bird, Jocelyn Jackson, Judy A. Pickard
ABSTRACT The profound development that occurs during the first five years of a child’s life may contribute to military families with young children facing unique challenges during reintegration. Yet, little is known about the reintegration experiences of military families with young children, and less so from the perspectives of non-deployed parents and families outside of the US. In this qualitative
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National Guard service members decedent recovery and processing operations during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Matthew D. Baker, Matthew A. Southard, Matthew R. Beymer, Lyndon A. Riviere
ABSTRACT In Spring 2020, the New York Army and Air National Guard (NYNG) rapidly deployed to New York City (NYC) to assist in the recovery, processing, and transport of COVID-19 decedents. This study reports on a survey conducted by NYNG service members three to six months post-mission (n = 177). Data showed that there was a dose–response relationship between mission stress exposure and decremented
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Comparing the effect of prolonged exposure therapy (PET) and metacognitive therapy (MCT) on the quality of life among veterans with PTSD Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-04-10 Amir Mohsen Rahnejat, Mohammadreza Ebrahimi, Seyed Hossein Salimi, Ali Fathi Ashtiani, Arsia Taghva, Tina Mohammadi, Haleh Shahed Hagh Ghadam, Hassan Shahmiri Barzoki
ABSTRACT Veterans’ quality of life (QoL) can be drastically affected by posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We compared prolonged exposure therapy (PET) with metacognitive therapy (MCT) in their effects on quality of life (QoL) among veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Overall, 57 veterans with PTSD were randomly assigned to three groups MCT (N = 17), PET (N = 17), and Control (N
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Work-family boundary management profiles and well-being at work: A study with militaries on a humanitarian aid mission Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-04-06 Maria José Chambel, Vânia Sofia Carvalho, Francisco Gomes, Carolina Rodrigues-Silveira
ABSTRACT This study aims to contribute to an analysis of the well-being of military personnel who are deployed on humanitarian aid missions, taking their work-family (personal life) boundary management into consideration by analyzing the relationship between their preferences and enacted boundaries and military personnel’ well-being. Specifically, this study analyzed the boundary fit approach, positing
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The role of unit cohesion and perceived resilience in substance use disorder Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-03-15 Rachel N. Ward, Alexander J. Erickson, Katie J. Carlson, Matthew M. Yalch
ABSTRACT Soldiers have high rates of substance use disorders (SUD), often in the aftermath of stressors experienced during military deployments. There are several factors that protect against SUD. For example, individual factors like perceived resilience and group factors such as unit cohesion may make someone less likely to abuse substances. However, there is little research on the differential influence
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Pain neuroscience education improves post-traumatic stress disorder, disability, and pain self-efficacy in veterans and service members with chronic low back pain: Preliminary results from a randomized controlled trial with 12-month follow-up Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-03-15 Timothy M. Benedict, Arthur J. Nitz, Michael K. Gambrel, Adriaan Louw
ABSTRACT Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and chronic low back pain (CLBP) are frequently co-morbid. Some research suggests that PTSD and CLBP may share common neurobiological mechanisms related to stress. Traditional biomedical education may be ineffective for PTSD and CLBP, especially when co-morbid. The purpose of this study is to determine if pain neuroscience education (PNE) is more effective
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Longitudinal measurement invariance and growth curve modeling of psychological resilience across the deployment cycle Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-03-15 Oscar A. Cabrera, Benjamin J. Trachik, Michelle L. Ganulin, Michael N. Dretsch, Amy B. Adler
ABSTRACT The concept of resilience is embedded within military culture and professional identity. To date, temporal changes in individuals’ perceptions of their own resilience have not been systematically assessed in highstakes occupational contexts, like the military. The current study examined change in selfreported resilience over time by: (1) examining the longitudinal measurement invariance of
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Pre-existing parental stress and youth internalizing symptoms predict parent-reported COVID-related stress in military families Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-03-15 Alison L. Drew, Samantha J. Gregus, Jake C. Steggerda, Amy M. Smith Slep, Carla Herrera, Timothy A. Cavell, Renée Spencer
ABSTRACT Understanding the extent to which youth and families experienced COVID-related stress requires accounting for prior levels of stress and other associated factors. This is especially important for military families, which experience unique stressors and may be reluctant to seek outside help. In this prospective study, we examined the role of pre-pandemic family factors in predicting parent
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Exploring the use of the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire to examine suicidal thoughts and behaviors among Post-9/11 U.S. Combat Veterans: An integrative review Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-03-01 Jayna Moceri-Brooks, Linda Garand, L. Kathleen Sekula, Thomas E. Joiner
ABSTRACT This integrative review expands on the work of Kramer et al. (2020 Kramer, E. B., Gaeddert, L. A., Jackson, C. L., Harnke, B., & Nazem, S. (2020). Use of the acquired capability for suicide scale (ACSS) among United States military and Veteran samples: A systematic review. Journal of Affective Disorders, 267, 229–242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.01.153[Crossref], [PubMed], [Web of Science
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Contextual cueing during lethal force training: How target design and repetition can alter threat assessments Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-03-02 Adam T. Biggs, Kyle A. Pettijohn, Kara J. Blacker
ABSTRACT Lethal force training requires individuals to make threat assessments, which involves holistic scenario processing to identify potential threats. Photorealistic targets can make threat/non-threat judgments substantially more genuine and challenging compared to simple cardboard or silhouette targets. Unfortunately, repeated target use also brings unintended consequences that could invalidate
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A social-ecological examination of sleep among Airmen in technical training Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-02-15 J. M. Ellis, R. A. Estevez Burns, B. A. Blue Star, M. A. Patience, L. N. Brown, J. Ruggieri, A. V. Joiner, M. A. Little, W. G. Talcott
ABSTRACT Inadequate sleep is an on-going risk to the health and mission readiness of U.S. Armed Forces, with estimates of sleep problems high above U.S. civilian populations. Intervening early in the career of active duty Air Force personnel (or “Airmen”) with education and the establishment of healthy behaviors may prevent short and long term-detriments of sleep problems. This paper describes the
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Impacts of decision support systems on cognition and performance for intelligence-gathering path planning Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-02-15 Mary E. Frame, Jacob Kaiser, John Kegley, Jessica Armstrong, Bradley Schlessman
ABSTRACT Decision Support Systems (DSS) are tools designed to help operators make effective choices in workplace environments where discernment and critical thinking are required for effective performance. Path planning in military operations and general logistics both require individuals to make complex and time-sensitive decisions. However, these decisions can be complex and involve the synthesis
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Development of cross-service training and job performance criterion measures for the U.S. Military Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-02-15 Brenda D. Ellis, Teresa Russell, Christopher R. Huber, Christopher R. Graves, Laura A. Ford
ABSTRACT As part of an effort to provide standardized criterion measures across the Armed Services, the current research effort developed a set of service-wide criterion measures for first-term enlisted personnel using a recently developed model of cross-service job performance. Two concurrent work streams developed criterion measures which provide complete construct coverage of the cross-service performance
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Prospective associations of psychedelic treatment for co-occurring alcohol misuse and posttraumatic stress symptoms among United States Special Operations Forces Veterans Military Psychology (IF 1.27) Pub Date : 2023-02-01 Stacey B. Armstrong, Yitong Xin, Nathan D. Sepeda, Martín Polanco, Lynnette A. Averill, Alan K. Davis
This study evaluated prospective associations of ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT treatment for risky alcohol use and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among United States (US) Special Operation...