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| Amy B AdlerSummaryAffiliation: Walter Reed Army Medical Center Country: USA Publications
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Psychological screening program overviewKathleen M Wright
U S Army Medical Research Unit Europe, Nachrichten Kaserne, Heidelberg, Germany
Mil Med 167:853-61. 2002..A summary of key findings from the screening program and a discussion of future research directions are provided...- The impact of deployment length and experience on the well-being of male and female soldiersAmy B Adler
US Army Medical Research Unit Europe, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, USA
J Occup Health Psychol 10:121-37. 2005..The findings demonstrate the importance of considering the impact of exposure to long-term occupational stressors and confirm, in part, previous research that has demonstrated a different stress response pattern for men and women... - Military hardiness as a buffer of psychological health on return from deploymentCarol A Dolan
U S Army Medical Research Unit Europe, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, APO AE 09042, Heidelberg, Germany
Mil Med 171:93-8. 2006..Implications for training military hardiness and applications to other occupational settings are discussed... 
Battlemind debriefing and battlemind training as early interventions with soldiers returning from iraq: Randomization by platoonAmy B Adler
U S Army Medical Research Unit Europe, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Heidelberg, Germany
J Consult Clin Psychol 77:928-40. 2009..Findings demonstrate that brief early interventions have the potential to be effective with at-risk occupational groups...- Effect of transition home from combat on risk-taking and health-related behaviorsAmy B Adler
U S Army Medical Research Unit Europe, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Heidelberg
J Trauma Stress 24:381-9. 2011..13, p = .001, whereas Anger/Alienation predicted more unhealthy habits, partial r = .09, p = .024. Results demonstrate the importance of broadening the conceptualization of adjustment in combat veterans... - A group randomized trial of critical incident stress debriefing provided to U.S. peacekeepersAmy B Adler
US Army Medical Research Unit Europe, Heidelberg, Germany
J Trauma Stress 21:253-63. 2008..SMC), higher perceived organizational support (vs. SO), and more alcohol problems than SMC and SO. Soldiers reported that they liked CISD more than the SMC, and CISD did not cause undue distress... - A2 diagnostic criterion for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorderAmy B Adler
US Army Medical Research Unit Europe, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Heidelberg, Germany
J Trauma Stress 21:301-8. 2008..The A2 criterion for PTSD should be expanded so as not to underestimate the number of individuals trained for high-risk occupations who might benefit from treatment... - Psychological screening procedures for deploying U.S. ForcesKathleen M Wright
U S Army Medical Research Unit Europe, Heidelberg, Germany
Mil Med 170:555-62. 2005..Construct validity and content validity were demonstrated. Risks, benefits, and future directions of the Army's psychological screening research program are discussed... - Structured clinical interview guide for postdeployment psychological screening programsKathleen M Wright
U S Army Medical Research Unit Europe, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Heidelberg, Germany
Mil Med 173:411-21. 2008..Guidelines and implementation considerations for the use of the structured interview are discussed... - Contrasting approaches to psychological screening with U.S. combat soldiersKathleen M Wright
U S Army Medical Research Unit Europe, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Heidelberg, Germany
J Trauma Stress 20:965-75. 2007..A composite screen with measures of posttraumatic stress, depression, and alcohol problems, along with a single self-referral item, performed most effectively... - Validating the primary care posttraumatic stress disorder screen and the posttraumatic stress disorder checklist with soldiers returning from combatPaul D Bliese
US Army Medical Research Unit Europe, Heidelberg, Germany
J Consult Clin Psychol 76:272-81. 2008..Item analyses also identified that the most discriminate item in both scales pertained to symptoms of avoidance. Implications and limitations are discussed... - Insomnia as predictor versus outcome of PTSD and depression among Iraq combat veteransKathleen M Wright
U S Army Medical Research Unit Europe, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Heidelberg, Germany
J Clin Psychol 67:1240-58. 2011..The study conducted a longitudinal assessment of insomnia as an antecedent versus consequence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression symptoms among combat veterans... - Grief and physical health outcomes in U.S. soldiers returning from combatRobin L Toblin
Military Psychiatry Branch, Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA
J Affect Disord 136:469-75. 2012..We aimed to identify the prevalence of post-deployment physical health problems and their association with difficulty coping with grief... - Soldiers' perceptions of resilience training and postdeployment adjustment: validation of a measure of resilience training content and training processHeather M Foran
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Heidelberg, Germany
Psychol Serv 9:390-403. 2012..In addition, both factors predicted significant positive change in a set of mental health outcomes at 6-month follow-up. Implications for postdeployment resilience training are discussed... - Job demands and job performance: the mediating effect of psychological and physical strain and the moderating effect of role clarityJessica Lang
U S Army Medical Research Unit Europe, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Heidelberg, Germany
J Occup Health Psychol 12:116-24. 2007..Moreover, psychological strain significantly mediated the demands-performance relationship. Implications are discussed from theoretical and applied perspectives... - Work gets unfair for the depressed: cross-lagged relations between organizational justice perceptions and depressive symptomsJessica Lang
U S Army Medical Research Unit Europe, Heidelberg, Germany
J Appl Psychol 96:602-18. 2011..The findings have broad implications for theoretical perspectives on psychological health and organizational justice perceptions... - Stress and counterproductive work behavior: multiple relationships between demands, control, and soldier indiscipline over timeJennifer S Tucker
Department of Psychology, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA
J Occup Health Psychol 14:257-71. 2009..Additionally, the authors found reverse causal effects for control such that prior perceptions of a lack of control were associated with indiscipline and prior incidents of indiscipline with less control... - Morale as a moderator of the combat exposure-PTSD symptom relationshipThomas W Britt
Division of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
J Trauma Stress 26:94-101. 2013..01 to .04). The results suggest that morale may buffer soldiers from the negative consequences of combat stressors... - Comparing elite soldiers' perceptions of psychological and physical demands during military trainingJeffrey L Thomas
U.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Europe, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Heidelberg, Germany
Mil Med 169:526-30. 2004..Limitations and implications of the study are discussed, with particular emphasis on the dual importance of psychological and physical training in preparing soldiers for mission demands... - Modifying instructions on the posttraumatic stress disorder checklist for military populations does not change symptom reportingLyndon A Riviere
Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 199:199-202. 2011..The findings indicate that researchers may make modifications to the PCL instructions to meet research needs without affecting PTSD symptom reporting or prevalence estimates... - Screening for psychological illness in the militaryKathleen M Wright
JAMA 294:42-3. 2005 - Self-engagement, stressors, and health: a longitudinal studyThomas W Britt
Department of Psychology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 31:1475-86. 2005..Engagement in a domain appears to buffer individuals from stressors that do not undermine performance but may exacerbate the impact of stressors that compromise performing well in the domain... - Correlates and consequences of morale versus depression under stressful conditionsThomas W Britt
Department of Psychology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
J Occup Health Psychol 12:34-47. 2007..Discussion focuses on the importance of longitudinal research in specifying the antecedents of positive and negative outcomes of a stressful work environment... - International military leaders' survey on operational stressAmy B Adler
US Army Medical Research Unit Europe, APO AE 09042
Mil Med 173:10-6. 2008..The information obtained here was used to develop a Human Factors and Medicine -081/RTG Leader's Guide on operational stress... - Extending and applying the demand-control model: the role of soldier's coping on a peacekeeping deploymentJessica Ippolito
Department of Psychology, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
J Occup Health Psychol 10:452-64. 2005..No significant 3-way interactions were found for religious coping and passive coping. Implications for demand-control modeling and potential applications of the findings to soldier and leader training are discussed... - Non-linear function model of voice pitch dependency on physical and mental loadBernd Johannes
Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Division of Aerospace Psychology, German Aerospace Center DLR, Sportallee 54 a, 22335, Hamburg, Germany
Eur J Appl Physiol 101:267-76. 2007..These data indicate that the relationship between both types of load and voice pitch is non-linear with multiple plateaus and transition functions between them...