| Biobehavioral Resilience to Stress Contributor(s): Lukey, Brian J. (Editor), Tepe, Victoria (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1420071777 ISBN-13: 9781420071771 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2008 Annotation: Notoriously variable from one person to the next, the effects of stress can be subtle or severe, immediate or delayed, and can result in huge negative impact on individual and group readiness, operational performance and, ultimately, survival. A comprehensive, state-of-the-science, this seminal work identifies key factors and characteristics that are essential to a scientifically useful and behaviorally predictive understanding of resilience to stress. It integrates research and experience from military and civilian experts in behavioral and social sciences, human performance, and physiology to determine the possibility of identifying vulnerability to stress, and the mitigation and prevention of stress induced problems through strategies that promote biobehavioral resilience. ?? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Forensic Science - Psychology | Neuropsychology |
| Dewey: 616.852 |
| LCCN: 2007048872 |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6.4" W x 9.3" (1.45 lbs) 376 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Military service involves exposure to multiple sources of chronic, acute, and potentially traumatic stress, especially during deployment and combat. Notoriously variable, the effects of stress can be subtle to severe, immediate or delayed, impairing individual and group readiness, operational performance, and--ultimately--survival. A comprehensive compilation on the state of the science, Biobehavioral Resilience to Stress identifies key factors and characteristics that are essential to a scientifically useful and behaviorally predictive understanding of resilience to stress. Contributions from Uniquely Qualified Military and Civilian Experts Initiated by the Military Operational Medicine Research Directorate of the US Army Medical Research and Material Command (USAMRMC), this seminal volume integrates recent research and experience from military and civilian experts in behavioral and social sciences, human performance, and physiology. Each chapter is grounded in vigorous research with emphasis on relevance to a variety of real-world operations and settings, including extreme environments encountered in modern war. Logical Progression, Cross-Disciplinary Appeal Organized into four sections, the text begins with a discussion of the relevant aspects of stress in the context of military life to offer civilian readers a window into contemporary military priorities. Later chapters consider biological, physiological, and genetic factors, psychosocial aspects of resilience, and "community capacity" variables that influence psychological responses to stressful events. This multidisciplinary effort concludes with an overview of emergent themes and related issues to advance the science of resilience toward predictive research, theory, and application for all those--military and civilian--who serve in the national defense. |