Increased emphasis on stability operations, counterinsurgency, and security cooperation during the conflicts in Afghanistan Iraq resulted programs to train educate U.S. military personnel foreign cultures intercultural competence. Now, with shift great power competition, Services have reduced or eliminated cultural training education requirements. Documenting approaches lessons from these is im...

This brief report presents a study undertaken to better understand the training needs of judicial officers related to military issues. A snowball sample of judicial officers and court-affiliated stakeholders were asked to identify the most critical training topics regarding military issues in juvenile and family court, as well as rate the importance of 13 potential training topics. The highest ...

24 Three studies were conducted in order to develop and validate a mental toughness instrument 25 for use in military training environments. Study 1 (n = 435) focused on item generation and 26 testing the structural integrity of the Military Training Mental Toughness Inventory 27 (MTMTI). The measure assessed ability to maintain optimal performance under pressure 28 from a range of different st...

OPINION article Front. Psychol., 18 February 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.604803

Schools may serve as shelters after a disaster in many countries, including Japan. However, teachers are unaware of the need to balance education and shelter management responsibilities under such circumstances. To promote teachers’ awareness post-disaster school situation, this study developed an introductory training for aspiring investigated its effectiveness. A total 143 students become par...