Positive Psychology in the Military

Given that VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) is a reality on the world stage, specifically military forces must regularly grapple with such situations and deal with potentially harmful consequences.

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Allister MacIntyre, Ph.D., is a Psychology Professor and former Department Head at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), with 31 years of experience as a military psychologist in the Canadian Forces. He has participated in several international leadership and psychology panels and is a co-editor of several books. He has been an executive member of the Canadian Psychological Association since 2002 and has a long history with the International Military Testing Association (IMTA), including serving as the Chair of IMTA's Management Board since 2021. His scholarly activities focus primarily on leadership and ethics and he co-chaired a multi-nation research project for NATO examining ethical leadership within NATO and Partners for Peace (PfP) countries from 2017 to 2022. Danielle Charbonneau, Ph.D., is an emeritus professor at the Royal Military College where she was a member of the department of Military Psychology and Leadership for 25 years. Her research interest included mainly emotional intelligence, transformational leadership, resilience and military culture. Hubert Annen, Ph.D., is a professor of Psychology, the head of Military Psychology and Pedagogy Studies at Military Academy/ETH Zurich, and the director of the Swiss Army assessment centers for prospective Defense Attachés, General Staff Officers, and Professional Officers and NCOs respectively. He is also a reserve officer in the Swiss Armed Forces with the rank of colonel. His research interests include evaluating and validating assessment and selection procedures for military leaders, motivational aspects in the military context, military education, military values and virtues, and the trainability and measurability of individual resilience.

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Foreword - Enhancing Functional Fitness through Self - Regulation Initiatives in the Military: An Indian Perspective - Resilience and Resilience Training: Focus on Military Science - Built-in Resilience Intervention in Academic Military Education - From Military to Government Sector Applications: Developing an Organizational Climate Framework to Promote Psychological Health, Well-being and Positive Work Behaviors - A Positive Psychology Perspective on Predeployment Fitness-For-Duty Evaluations for External - Deployments: A Proposition for the South African National Defence Force - Flourish: Promoting Positivism and Psychological Well-Being in Military - Appreciating the Strengths of Comrades: A Positive Psychology Intervention for Improved Military - Leadership, Unit Cohesion, and Member Well-Being - Mindfulness Tools to Combat Stress in Military Personnel - Stress Mindset as an Enabler of Soldier Well-being - Meaningful Work: What Does It Mean? - And So to Bed: Sleep, Well-being, and Human Performance - When Others Have Your Back: Relational Leadership in Balint Style Groups to Enhance Stress Coping - Strategies among Armed Forces - Post Traumatic Growth in Military Personnel - The Authors