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In this book, authors investigate the concept of resilience, and evaluate existing programs for developing and maintaining resilience that have been implemented in various branches of our armed forces.
Military personnel and their families face innumerable challenges. Deployed soldiers are exposed to a wide range of stressors, from the continuous, low-level experience of living in a strange and austere environment for a lengthy period of time, to acute, traumatic events that occur during combat, all of which can lead to long-term psychological problems like PTSD, depression, and substance abuse, and even suicide. Back home, husbands and wives of deployed soldiers face an increased likelihood of depression, anxiety and sleep disorders, while their children are more likely to exhibit behavioral issues and negative outcomes in school.
In the face of these persistent problems, researchers have consistently identified resilience, a term derived from the psychological and psychiatric literature, as perhaps the single most important factor predicting successful outcomes for military personnel and their families. In this book, editors Robert Sinclair and Thomas Britt and a distinguished group of researchers investigate the concept of resilience, its essential role in normal psychological development, and its relevance within various occupational contexts unique to the military. In the second part of the book, the authors evaluate existing programs for developing and maintaining resilience that have been implemented in various branches of our armed forces.
Contents
Contributors
Foreword
Colonel Carl A. Castro, PhD
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Meaning and Importance of Military Resilience
Thomas W. Britt, Robert R. Sinclair, and Anna C. McFadden
I. Understanding Resilience: Personal and Organizational Determinants
Personality and Psychological Resilience in Military Personnel
Robert R. Sinclair, Melissa C. Waitsman, Celina M. Oliver, and Marilyn Nicole Deese
Morale and Cohesion as Contributors to Resilience
Thomas W. Britt and Kalifa K. Oliver
Situational Factors and Resilience: Facilitating Adaptation to Military Stressors
Steve M. Jex, Jason Kain, and YoungAh Park
The Role of Transformational and Ethical Leadership in Building and Maintaining Resilience
Allister MacIntyre, Danielle Charbonneau, and Damian O'Keefe
II. Building Resilience: Models and Programs
Cognitive Behavioral Methods for Building Resilience
Julia M. Whealin, Josef I. Ruzek, and Edward M. Vega
Fostering Resilience Across the Deployment Cycle
Neil Greenberg
Resilience in Military Families: A Review of Programs and Empirical Evidence
Kathleen M. Wright, Lyndon A. Riviere, Julie C. Merrill, and Oscar A. Cabrera
Comprehensive Soldier Fitness: Underscoring the Facts, Dismantling the Fiction
Paul B. Lester, Sharon McBride, and Rhonda L. Cornum
III. Military Resilience: Conclusions and Future Directions
Resilience in a Military Occupational Health Context: Directions for Future Research
Amy B. Adler
Military Resilience: Remaining Questions and Concluding Comments
Robert R. Sinclair and Thomas W. Britt
Index
About the Editors
