Peter A. Poole

The Psychology of the Peacekeeper

Lessons from the Field
Herausgeber: Adler, Amy B.; Britt, Thomas W.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this remarkable volume, a multinational team of scientists catalogs the stressors and benefits for combat-trained soldiers deployed on missions where they are told to hold their fire and assume the role of peacekeeper. Theory and direct research with peacekeepers is incorporated. Missions covered include, but are not limited to, peacekeeping operations in Haiti, Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, and Lebanon. The terminology of peacekeeping and military operations is listed. The stressors, threats, dangers, frustrations, and benefits of the peacekeeper role are described in dramatic detail, with additional attention to the Peacekeeper Stress Syndrome. With the goal of increasing peacekeeper health and well-being, which in turn increases the likelihood of establishing a stable peace, this volume also addresses interventions and preventative measures. The extent of psychological distress and disorders following peacekeeping operations is documented. Interventions are recommended for various phases of deployment, in order to minimize the likelihood of post-deployment psychological problems. Experts in social, industrial/organizational, health, clinical, and cross-cultural psychology contribute to a multi-dimensional perspective. Each chapter author reports psychological research with military personnel in peacekeeping operations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 686g
• ISBN-13: 9780275975968
• ISBN-10: 0275975967
• Artikelnr.: 21515677

Autorenporträt

THOMAS W. BRITT is Associate Professor of Psychology at Clemson University. AMY B. ADLER is a Senior Research Psychologist and Science Coordinator with the U.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Europe, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Heidelberg, Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Foreword Fundamental Issues in Studying the Peacekeeper The
Psychology of the Peacekeeper: An Introductory Framework by Thomas W. Britt
and Amy B. Adler Considerations when Conducting Psychological Research
During Peacekeeping Missions: The Scientist and the Commander by Carl
Andrew Castro Social Psychological Issues in Peacekeeping The Social
Identity of Peacekeeping by Volker C. Franke Prejudice and the Peacekeeper
by Kurt A. Boniecki and Thomas W. Britt Can Participation in Peacekeeping
Missions be Beneficial? The Importance of Meaning as a Function of
Attitudes and Identity by Thomas W. Britt Industrial/Organizational
Psychology Issues in Peacekeeping Task Identification and Skill
Deterioration in Peacekeeping Operations by Robert A. Wisher Work
Motivation and the Peacekeeper by Maria Grazia Galantino Organizational
Behavior and the U.S. Peacekeeper by Thomas and Carl Andrew Castro Health
Psychology in Peacekeeping The Nature of Peacekeeping Stressors by Amy B.
Adler, Brett T. Litz, and Paul T. Bartone Coping with Peacekeeping Stress
by Christian Moldjord, Lars K. Fossum, and Are Holen The Soldier Adaptation
Model (SAM): Applications to Peacekeeping Research by Paul D. Bliese and
Carl Andrew Castro Clinical Psychology in Peacekeeping The Psychological
Challenge of Peacekeeping Operations by Lars Weisaeth Psychological
Interventions in Peace Support Operations: Current Practices and Future
Challenges by Megan M. Thompson and Luigi Pastó Postraumatic Stress
Disorder Following Peacekeeping Operations by Brett T. Litz, Matt J. Gray,
and Elisa Bolton Cross-Cultural Psychology in Peacekeeping Cooperation and
Coordination Across Cultures in the Peacekeeping Forces: Individual and
Organizational Integrating Mechanisms by Efrat Elron, Nir Halevy, Eyal Ben
Ari, and Boas Shamir Cross-cultural Issues in Peacekeeping Operations by
Joseph Soeters and Miepke Bos-Bakx African Peacekeeping and the Impact on
African Military Personnel by 'Funmi Olonisakin Future Directions The
Psychology of the Peacekeeper: Common Themes and Future Directions by Amy
B. Adler and Thomas W. Britt Index