Langbeschreibung
Military service involves exposure to multiple sources of chronic, acute, and potentially traumatic stress. Biobehavioral Resilience to Stress identifies key factors that are essential to an understanding of resilience to stress. Grounded in vigorous research with emphasis on relevance to real-world operations and settings, this comprehensive compilation on the state of the science integrates recent research and experience from military and civilian experts in behavioral and social sciences, human performance, and physiology. Utilizing a multidisciplinary approach, this volume competently advances scientific understanding of psychological and physiological resilience.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Psychological Screening: Predicting Resilience to Stress. Resilience and Military Psychiatry. The Stresses of Modern War. Resilience through Leadership. Adaptation to Stress and Psychobiological Mechanisms of Resilience. Psychophysiology of Resilience to Stress. Resilience and Survival in Extreme Environments. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors. Resilience and Personality. Cognitive Performance and Resilience to Stress. The Impact of Social Structural Conditions on Psychological Resilience to Stress. Resilience: Toward the State of the Possible.