The Oxford Handbook of Military Psychology

Edited by Janice H. Laurence and Michael D. Matthews

Oxford Library of Psychology

Covers exciting new developments in the field
Represents the vital and long-ignored role of psychology in wars and military engagements in the 21st century
Authors are international experts in military psychology with actual military experience and expertise
Part of THE OXFORD LIBRARY OF PSYCHOLOGY series

The Oxford Handbook of Military Psychology

Edited by Janice H. Laurence and Michael D. Matthews

Description

The critical link between psychology and the military is imprtant to recruiting, training, socializing, assigning, employing, deploying, motivating, rewarding, maintaining, managing, integrating, retaining, transitioning, supporting, counseling, and healing military members. These areas are hardly distinct, and the chapters in The Oxford Handbook of Military Psychology have contents that cross these boundaries.

Collectively, the topics covered in this volume describe the myriad ways in which modern psychology influences warfare and vice versa. The extensive topics included come from within the areas of clinical, industrial/organizational, experimental, engineering, and social psychology. The contributors are top international experts in military psychology -- some uniformed soldiers, others academics and clinicians, and others civilian employees of the military or other government agencies. They address important areas in which the science and practice of psychology supports military personnel in their varied and complex missions.

Among the topics addressed here are suitability for service, leadership, decision making, training, terrorism, socio-cultural competencies, diversity and cohesion, morale, quality-of-life, ethical challenges, and mental health and fitness. The focus is the ways in which psychology promotes the decisive human dimension of military effectiveness. Collectively, the 25 topical chapters of this handbook provide an overview of modern military psychology and its tremendous influence on the military and society as a whole.

The Oxford Handbook of Military Psychology

Edited by Janice H. Laurence and Michael D. Matthews

Oxford Library of Psychology

Contents

1. The Handbook of Military Psychology: An Introduction
Janice H. Laurence and Michael D. Matthews

2. Comprehensive Soldier Fitness: Why? and Why Now?
Rhonda L. Cornum and Paul B. Lester

3. Combat-Related Stress Reactions and Suicide among US Veterans of War-Time Service
Amy W. Wagner and Matthew Jakupcak

4. Physical Injuries; Psychological Treatment
Rebecca I. Porter

5. Operational Psychology: Foundation, Applications, and Issues
Thomas J. Williams, James J. Picano, Robert R. Roland, and Paul Bartone

6. Ethics, Human Rights, and Interrogations: The Position of the American Psychological Association
Stephen Behnke and Olivia Moorehead-Slaughter

7. In Search for Psychological Explanations of Terrorism
Ragnhild B. Lygre and Jarle Eid

8. Crime on the Battlefield: Military Fate or Individual Choice?
Neal A. Puckett and Marcelyn Atwood

9. What Do Commanders Really Want To Know? US Army Human Terrain System Lessons Learned From Iraq and Afghanistan
Montgomery McFate, Britt Damon, Robert Holliday

10. An International Perspective on Military Psychology
Jarle Eid, Francois Lescreve, and Gerry Larsson

11. Military Selection and Classification in the United States
Michael G. Rumsey

12. Assessing Psychological Suitability for High-Risk Military Jobs
James J. Picano and Robert R. Roland

13. Leadership in Dangerous Contexts: A Team-Focused, Replenishment-of-Resources Approach
Donald J. Campbell

14. Swift Trust in ad hoc Military Organizations: Theoretical and Applied Perspectives
Paul B. Lester and Gretchen R. Vogelgesang

15. Leader Development in Natural Context
Gerry Larsson

16. Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Factors in Soldier Performance
Michael D. Matthews

17. Characteristics of Sense-making in Combat
Uzi Ben-Shalom, Yehiel Klar, and Yizhaq Benbenisty

18. Military Engineering Psychology: Setting the Pace for Exceptional Performance
Gerald P. Krueger

19. Psychology's Contribution to Military Training
Stephen L. Goldberg

20. The Role of Sleep in the Military: Implications for Training and Operational Effectiveness
Nita Lewis Miller, Panagiotis Matsangas and Aileen Kenney

21. Teams in the Military: A Review and Emerging Challenges
Marissa L. Shuffler, Davin Pavlas, and Eduardo Salas

22. Boredom: Groundhog Day as Metaphor for Iraq
Morten G. Ender

23. Minorities in the Military
Karin De Angelis and David R. Segal

24. Gay Service Personnel in the US Military: History, Progress and A Way Forward
Armando X. Estrada

25. Military Families in an Era of Persistent Conflict
Bradford Booth and Suzanne Lederer

26. What They Deserve: Quality of Life in the U.S. Military
Diane M. Ryan and Lolita M. Burrell

27. Conclusion and Emerging Issues
Michael D. Matthews and Janice H. Laurence

The Oxford Handbook of Military Psychology

Edited by Janice H. Laurence and Michael D. Matthews

Oxford Library of Psychology

Author Information

Janice H. Laurence, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Adult & Organizational Development, Temple University, and editor of the journal Military Psychology. Dr. Laurence recently retired as Director, Research and Analysis, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Personnel & Readiness, Pentagon.

Michael D. Matthews, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology, Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, U.S. Military Academy.

Contributors:

Marcelyn Atwood
The Law Firm of Puckett & Faraj, PC
C-State Solutions, LLC
Alexandria, VA

Paul Bartone
Life Sciences Directorate
Center for Technology and National Security Policy
National Defense University
Washington, D.C.

Stephen Behnke
American Psychological Association Ethics Office
Washington, D.C.

Yizhaq Benbenisty

Uzi Ben-Shalom

Bradford Booth

Lolita M. Burrell
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership
United States Military Academy
West Point, NY

Donald J. Campbell
Dept. of Behavioral Sciences & Leadership
United States Military Academy
West Point, NY

Rhonda L. Cornum
Director, Comprehensive Soldier Fitness
HQDA, G3/5/7

Britt Damon
US Army Human Terrain System

Karin De Angelis
Department of Sociology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD

Jarle Eid
Department of Psychosocial Science
University of Bergen, Norway
Bergen, Norwar

Morten G. Ender
United States Military Academy
West Point, NY

Armando X. Estrada
Department of Psychology
Washington State University
Vancouver, WA

Stephen L. Goldberg
U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Orlando, Florida

Robert Holliday
US Army Human Terrain System

Matthew Jakupcak
Deployment Health Clinic
Puget Sound Health Care System
Seattle, WA

Aileen Kenney
Department of Operations Research
Naval Postgraduate School

Yehiel Klar

Gerald P. Krueger
Krueger Ergonomics Consultants
Alexandria, Virginia

Gerry Larsson
Swedish National Defense College
Stockholm, Sweden

Janice H. Laurence
Associate Professor
Adult & Organizational Development
College of Education
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

Suzanne Lederer

Francois Lescreve
Defense Staff, Belgium

Paul B. Lester
Research Psychologist, Comprehensive Soldier Fitness
HQDA, G3/5/7

Ragnhild B. Lygre
Department of Psychosocial Science
University of Bergen, Norway

Panagiotis Matsangas
Department of Operations Research
Naval Postgraduate School

Michael D. Matthews
Professor of Engineering Psychology
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership
U.S. Military Academy
West Point, New York

Montgomery McFate
US Army Human Terrain System

Nita Lewis Miller
Department of Operations Research
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA

Olivia Moorehead-Slaughter
American Psychological Association Ethics Committee

Davin Pavlas
Department of Psychology, and
Institute for Simulation and Training
University of Central Florida

Jim Picano
United States Army

Rebecca I. Porter

Neal A. Puckett
The Law Firm of Puckett & Faraj, PC
C-State Solutions, LLC
Alexandria, VA

Robert R. Roland
United States Army

Michael G. Rumsey
U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Diane M. Ryan
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership
United States Military Academy

Eduardo Salas
Department of Psychology
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL

David R. Segal
Department of Sociology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD

Marissa L. Shuffler
Department of Psychology, and
Institute for Simulation and Training
University of Central Florida

Gretchen R. Vogelgesang
Federal Management Partners
Alexandria, VA

Amy W. Wagner
Portland VA Medical Center
Portland, OR

Thomas J. Williams