Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association
April 3, 2026
Leigh Ann Perry, Lisa M. Kerr
Mindfulness practices have been empirically linked to enhancements in cognitive performance, attention, emotion regulation, and resilience, all of which are essential capacities for military personnel engaged in sustained high-stress environments. However, little research has examined how U.S. Navy (USN) warfighters perceive the relevance and applicability of mindfulness practices for...
Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association
June 2, 2025
Scott T Frein, Tinni Sen, Howard Sanborn
1 citation
This paper examines the effects of mindfulness training on students attending a senior military college in the United States. In a 4-week pilot study (n = 31) and a subsequent in-depth 8-week study (n = 66, 18 women), participants were randomly assigned to a mindfulness training group (MG) or a nutrition training control group (CG). Each group completed a 60 min weekly training workshop, 20 min...
Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association
July 3, 2024
Ryan G. Erbe, Peter Meindl, Elise M. Dykhuis et al.
Military members face emotion-regulation challenges due to the high-pressure nature of the profession as evidenced by rates of mental health issues within military populations. Identifying behaviors that are efficient and effective at promoting emotion-regulation and helping military members adopt them is essential. Recently, meditation has been shown to reduce stress, enhance attention control...
Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association
May 3, 2024
Andrew Ledford, Celeste Raver Luning, Deirdre P Dixon et al.
Mindfulness and resilience are thought to be essential qualities of the military's special operations community. Both are tested daily in Special Operations Forces (SOF) assessment and selection efforts to prepare candidates to persist through grueling training and complex combat situations; but these qualities are rarely measured. While military leadership places value on the concepts of...
Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association
2024
Stacey B. Armstrong, Yitong Xin, Nathan D. Sepeda et al.
19 citations
This study evaluated prospective associations of ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT treatment for risky alcohol use and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among United States (US) Special Operations Forces Veterans (SOFV). Data were collected during standard clinical operations at pre-treatment and 1-month (1 m), 3-months (3 m), and 6-months (6 m) post-treatment in an ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT...
Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association
2024
Kathleen M Saul, Michael D Young, Jenny M Siddiqi et al.
To build a warfighter from the ground up, training should include not only the core competencies required for job performance in the Fleet but also the mental toughness expected to handle the stress, fatigue, and call for sudden action required of all sailors on duty, regardless of occupation. Recruit Training Command (RTC) has embarked on a program to provide explicit training to recruits on...
Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association
2020
Genine P. Smith, Glenn Hartelius
5 citations
A novel understanding and therapeutic approach to the treatment of PTSD-related flashback triggers are described. Triggered responses are conceptualized as the result of latent dissociative structures of neural organization and psychodynamic functioning activated by current events. The dissociative structure - here described as a dissociated ego state (DES) - reflects a fracturing of executive...