Effects of Preparatory Information on Enhancing Performance Under Stress
Author: Carolyn M. Inzana
Publisher:
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 7
ISBN-13:
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Performance Under Stress
Author: James Szalma
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2018-10-09
Total Pages: 406
ISBN-13: 1317082516
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe world is a dangerous place and recent events have served to make it less safe. There are many arenas of conflict and even combat across the world. Such situations are the quintessential expression of stress; you stand in imminent danger and live with the knowledge that you may be attacked, injured or even killed at any moment. How do people perform under these conditions? How do they keep a heightened level of vigilance when nothing may happen in their immediate location for weeks or even months? What happens when the bullets actually start flying? How is it you distinguish friend from foe, and each from innocent bystanders when in immediate peril of your life? Can we design technology to help people make good decisions in these ultimately hazardous situations? To what degree does your membership in a team act to dissipate these particular effects? Can we generate sufficiently stressful field exercises to simulate these conditions and can we train and/or select those most able to withstand such adverse conditions? How will the next generation of servicemen deal with these inherent problems? These are the sorts of questions that Performance Under Stress addresses. This book is derived largely from a multiple-year, multiple university initiative (MURI) on stress and soldier performance on the modern, electronic battlefield. It involved leading researchers from many institutions who have brought their individual expertise to bear on these crucial, contemporary concerns. United by a common research framework, these groups attacked the issue from different methodological and conceptual approaches, ranging from traditional laboratory modeling and experimentation, to realistic simulations; from involved field exercises to personal experiences of actual combat conditions. The insights generated have been distilled and presented as a benchmark of current understanding and provide future directions for research in this arena. Although this work focuses on soldier stress and soldier performance, the principles that are derived extend well beyond this single application. Their findings can be applied to people facing the demands of the business world or research as much as to those who meet life or death situations, such as homeland security, first responders, and law enforcement personnel.
Stress and Human Performance
Author: James E. Driskell
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2013-05-13
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 1134771894
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe pace of life in our high technology world has quickened. Industries that do not become more efficient, often by requiring a faster production turnaround with less slack, are superseded. Because of this, workers face an environment in which they must perform under more time pressure and under greater task load, in which stress is more prevalent, and in which consequences of poor performance are more critical than ever before. The dominant, if unstated, psychoanalytic paradigm underlying much stress research over the past fifty years has led to an emphasis on coping and defense mechanisms and to a preoccupation with disordered behavior and illness. Accordingly, almost any book with "stress" in the title will invariably devote a considerable amount of pages to topics such as stress-related disorders, clinical interventions, stress and coping, psychopathology, illness, and health issues. This book presents basic and applied research that addresses the effects of acute stress on performance. There are a large number of applied settings that share the commonalities of high demand, high risk performance conditions, including aviation; military operations; nuclear, chemical, and other industrial settings; emergency medicine; mining; firefighting; and police work, as well as everyday settings in which individuals face stressors such as noise, time pressure, and high task load. This book focuses directly on the effects of acute stress-- defined as intense, novel stress of limited duration--on performance. The effects of stress on task performance, decision making, and team interaction are discussed, as well as the interventions used to overcome them.
The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Team Working and Collaborative Processes
Author: Eduardo Salas
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2020-04-06
Total Pages: 637
ISBN-13: 1119673704
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA state-of-the-art psychological perspective on team working and collaborative organizational processes This handbook makes a unique contribution to organizational psychology and HRM by providing comprehensive international coverage of the contemporary field of team working and collaborative organizational processes. It provides critical reviews of key topics related to teams including design, diversity, leadership, trust processes and performance measurement, drawing on the work of leading thinkers including Linda Argote, Neal Ashkanasy, Robert Kraut, Floor Rink and Daan van Knippenberg.
The Effect of Stress Inoculation Training on Anxiety and Performance
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Publisher:
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 55
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe development of effective training procedures to prepare the individual to resist the negative impact of stress is of considerable interest to government and industry. Stress inoculation training is a cognitive-behavioral stress intervention that has shown considerable promise; however, a number of questions arise regarding the application of this clinically based approach to more applied settings. A meta-analysis was conducted to determine the overall effectiveness of stress inoculation training and to identity conditions that may moderate the effectiveness of this approach. Results indicated that stress inoculation training was an effective means for reducing performance anxiety, reducing state anxiety, and enhancing performance under stress. Furthermore, the examination of moderators such as the experience of the trainer, the type of setting in which training was implemented, and the type of trainee population revealed no significant limitations on the application of stress inoculation training to normal training environments.
Enhancing Performance Under Stress
Author: Sean Robson
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUSAF par rescue and combat controllers routinely recover downed or injured military personnel and direct military aircraft in hostile or denied regions. Consequently, to be effective in these careers requires the ability to cope with severe stress. The USAF uses many strategies to ensure that battlefield airmen perform well under stress but one strategy, termed stress inoculation training, has not been fully incorporated as a training element.
Stress, Well-Being, and Performance in Sport
Author: Rachel Arnold
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-03-08
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 1000353109
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStress, Well-Being, and Performance in Sport provides the first comprehensive and contemporary overview of stress in sport and its implications on performance and well-being. It explores how athletes’, coaches', and support staffs' performance can be enhanced while simultaneously optimizing their well-being in contemporary sport. Divided into four sections following the stress process, Stress, Well-Being, and Performance in Sport covers key topics including: Appraising and coping with stress in sport Responses to and outcomes of stress in sport Moderators of the stress process in sport Stress management to promote thriving in sport Bringing together theory and practice, each chapter discusses conceptual and theoretical issues, current research, and innovative practical implications. Written by scholars around the globe, Stress, Well-being, and Performance in Sport offers an international perspective. It is important reading for students of sport psychology as well as coaches, athletes, and support staff.
Stress and Human Performance
Author: James E. Driskell
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2013-05-13
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 1134771827
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe pace of life in our high technology world has quickened. Industries that do not become more efficient, often by requiring a faster production turnaround with less slack, are superseded. Because of this, workers face an environment in which they must perform under more time pressure and under greater task load, in which stress is more prevalent, and in which consequences of poor performance are more critical than ever before. The dominant, if unstated, psychoanalytic paradigm underlying much stress research over the past fifty years has led to an emphasis on coping and defense mechanisms and to a preoccupation with disordered behavior and illness. Accordingly, almost any book with "stress" in the title will invariably devote a considerable amount of pages to topics such as stress-related disorders, clinical interventions, stress and coping, psychopathology, illness, and health issues. This book presents basic and applied research that addresses the effects of acute stress on performance. There are a large number of applied settings that share the commonalities of high demand, high risk performance conditions, including aviation; military operations; nuclear, chemical, and other industrial settings; emergency medicine; mining; firefighting; and police work, as well as everyday settings in which individuals face stressors such as noise, time pressure, and high task load. This book focuses directly on the effects of acute stress-- defined as intense, novel stress of limited duration--on performance. The effects of stress on task performance, decision making, and team interaction are discussed, as well as the interventions used to overcome them.
Drowning
Author: Joost J.L.M. Bierens
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2009-07-29
Total Pages: 1201
ISBN-13: 3642042538
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince the first edition of the Handbook on Drowning in 2005, many epidemiological data have confirmed the burden of drowning in several parts of the world. Studies have increased the understanding of effective drowning prevention strategies, rescue techniques and treatment options. Much has been learned about submersion and immersion hypothermia, SCUBA-diving injuries, the life-saving preparations of water-related disasters and how to deal with forensic investigations. In this updated second edition, experts from around the world provide a complete overview of current research data, consensus statements and expert opinions. The book Drowning provides evidence-based practical information and has a unique informative value for various groups with tasks, duties and responsibilities in this domain. In addition, the book may be an inspiration for future networks and research initiatives.
Enhancing Performance Under Stress by Information About It Expected Duration
Author: Shlomo Breznitz
Publisher:
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 28
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor this report, the effect of False Short and False Long Information (with subsequent correction) on endurance of the Cold Pressor Test (CPT) was studied using more extreme information manipulations than the ones tested during the first year. On the basis of a specific experiment that investigated hand effects and order effects in the CPT paradigm, it was possible to use a combined between- and within-subjects design. Endurance in the False Short condition was significantly higher than in the False Long one. In another experiment, most subjects endured the pain longer in the No Control than in the Control conditions. The implications of these results to military situations were discussed. A pilot field experiment with marching soldiers tested some of the above factors in a real-life military context. False Long information at the start of the march led to significant breakdown under the strain. Keywords: Stress, Feedback, Performance, Time, Information systems, Psychophysiology, Experimental psychology. (jes).
