Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book

Title The Oxford handbook of military psychology / edited by Janice H. Laurence, Michael D. Matthews
Published New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xiv, 417 pages) : illustrations
Series Oxford library of psychology
Oxford library of psychology.
Contents The handbook of military psychology : an introduction / Janice H. Laurence and Michael D. Matthews -- Comprehensive soldier fitness : why? and why now? / Rhonda L. Cornum and Paul B. Lester -- Combat-related stress reactions among U.S. veterans of wartime service / Amy W. Wagner and Matthew Jakupcak -- Physical injuries; psychological treatment / Rebecca I. Porter -- Operational psychology : foundation, applications, and issues / Thomas J. Williams [and others] -- Ethics, human rights, and interrogations : the position of the American Psychological Association / Stephen H. Behnke and Olivia Moorehead-Slaughter -- In search of psychological explanations of terrorism / Ragnhild B. Lygre and Jarle Eid -- Crime on the battlefield : military fate or individual choice? / Neal A. Puckett and Marcelyn Atwood -- What do commanders really want to know? U.S. Army human terrain system lessons learned from Iraq and Afghanistan / Montgomery McFate, Britt Damon, and Robert Holliday
An international perspective on military psychology / Jarle Eid, Francois Lescreve, and Gerry Larsson -- Military selection and classification in the United States / Michel G. Rumsy -- Assessing psychological suitability for high-risk military jobs / James J. Picano and Robert R. Roland -- Leadership in dangerous contexts : a team-focused, replenishment-of-resources approach / Donald J. Campbell -- Swift trust in ad hoc military organizations : theoretical and applied perspectives / Paul B. Lester and Gretchen R. Vogelgesang -- Leader development in a natural context / Gerry Larsson -- Cognitive and non-cognitive factors in soldier performance / Michael D. Matthews -- Characteristics of sense-making in combat / Uzi Ben-Shalon, Yechiel Klar, and Yitzhak Benbenisty -- Military engineering psychology : setting the pace for exceptional performance / Gerald P. Krueger -- Psychology's contribution to military training / Stephen L. Goldberg
The role of sleep in the military : implications for training and operational effectiveness / Nita Lewis Miller, Panagiotis Matsangas, and Aileen Kenney -- Teams in the military : a review and emerging challenges / Marissa L. Shuffler, Davin Pavlas, and Eduardo Salas -- Boredom : Groundhog Day as a metaphor for Iraq / Morten G. Ender -- Minorities in the military / Karin De Angelis and David R. Segal -- Gay service personnel in the U.S. military : history, progress, and a way forward / Armando X. Estrada -- Military families in an era of persistent conflict / Bradford Booth and Suzanne Lederer -- What they deserve : quality of life in the U.S. military / Diane M. Ryan and Lolita M. Burrell -- Military psychology : closing observations and a look forward / Michel D. Matthews and Janice H. Laurence
Summary This title describes the critical link between psychology and military activity. The extensive coverage includes topics in of clinical, industrial/organizational, experimental, engineering and social psychology. The contributors are leading international experts in military psychology
Notes Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Psychology, Military.
War -- Psychological aspects.
Combat -- Psychological aspects.
Psychological warfare -- United States
Soldiers -- Mental health -- United States
Psychology, Military -- Psychological aspects
Combat -- Mental health
Psychological warfare.
Soldiers.
Psychology, Applied.
Psychology, Military
Occupational Groups
Psychology, Applied
Persons
Psychological Phenomena and Processes
Psychiatry and Psychology
Named Groups
Military Personnel
Military Personnel -- psychology
Psychological Warfare
Psychology, Applied
Soldiers
Armed Forces -- Medical care
Combat -- Psychological aspects
Psychological warfare
Psychology, Military
Soldiers -- Mental health
War -- Psychological aspects
Military & Naval Science.
Law, Politics & Government.
Military Science - General.
SUBJECT United States -- Armed Forces -- Medical care. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139845
Subject United States
Form Electronic book
Author Laurence, Janice H., editor.
Matthews, Michael D., editor.
LC no. 2011015618
ISBN 0199940924
9780199940929
9780195399325
0195399323
Other Titles Military psychology