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Bringing Science to Bear: An Empirical Assessment of the Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Program
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Lester, Paul B.; McBride, Sharon; Bliese, Paul D.; Adler, Amy B. – American Psychologist, 2011
This article outlines the U.S. Army's effort to empirically validate and assess the Comprehensive Soldier Fitness (CSF) program. The empirical assessment includes four major components. First, the CSF scientific staff is currently conducting a longitudinal study to determine if the Master Resilience Training program and the Comprehensive…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Military Personnel, Program Effectiveness, Longitudinal Studies
Validating the Primary Care Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Screen and the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist with Soldiers Returning from Combat
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Bliese, Paul D.; Wright, Kathleen M.; Adler, Amy B.; Cabrera, Oscar; Castro, Carl A.; Hoge, Charles W. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
The purpose of the research was to assess the diagnostic efficiency of the Primary Care Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Screen (PC-PTSD) and the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL) as clinical screening tools for active duty soldiers recently returned from a combat deployment. A secondary goal was to examine the item-level characteristics…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Test Validity, Screening Tests
Battlemind Debriefing and Battlemind Training as Early Interventions with Soldiers Returning from Iraq: Randomization by Platoon
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Adler, Amy B.; Bliese, Paul D.; McGurk, Dennis; Hoge, Charles W.; Castro, Carl Andrew – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009
Researchers have found that there is an increase in mental heath problems as a result of military-related traumatic events, and such problems increase in the months following return from combat. Nevertheless, researchers have not assessed the impact of early intervention efforts with this at-risk population. In the present study, the authors…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Sleep, At Risk Persons