| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 354 pages) |
| Contents |
Psychological concepts and trends in military context -- Military psychology: the centurion phenomenon -- Intelligence and aptitude testing -- Biographical inventory for selection -- Human landscape of war --Stereotype threat and marksmanship performance -- Misconduct behaviours in armed forces -- Psychological operations in warfare -- Future warfare and mind control -- Psychological interventions in military context -- Building soldier resilience -- Training hardiness for stress resilience -- Promoting psychosocial health of disaster first responders -- Value-based leadership -- Familial pathways to soldier effectiveness -- Winning hearts and building peace -- Beyond century: the future of military psychology |
| Summary |
A useful book that deals with a number of psychological issues surfacing in military and paramilitary forces. Military Psychology: Concepts, Trends and Interventions offers various psychological theories that are not only significant in the context of soldiers but also help to strengthen the capability of military and paramilitary forces during combat and non-combat operations. Stressing on the psycho-social well-being of the soldiers, this book offers insights into military psychological issues, such as soldier selection, combating stress, instances of misconduct, psychological operations, optimism, resilience and hardiness training, gender bias, value-based leadership, familial well-being and the future warfare. The global case studies in the book offer lessons for India and other countries where military and para-military forces are engaged in dealing with both external and internal extremism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 15, 2016) |
| Subject |
Psychology, Military.
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Military Personnel -- psychology
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Resilience, Psychological
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Psychology, Military
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Psychology, Military
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Maheshwari, Nidhi, editor.
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Kumar, Vineeth V., editor.
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| ISBN |
9789351506317 |
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9351506312 |
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