Cohesion in Military and Aviation Psychology: An Annotated Bibliography and Suggestions for U.S. Army Aviation

Grice, Robert L.; Katz, Lawrence C

doi:10.1037/e440342005-001

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“…For what concerns cooperation, Grice and Katz (2005) stressed the importance of cohesion in military and aviation psychology, stating that efficient teams have shared goals. Some studies found that team skills are identifiable and can be trained (Cannon-Bowers and Salas, 1998).…”

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The NOTECHS+: A Short Scale Designed for Assessing the Non-technical Skills (and more) in the Aviation and the Emergency Personnel

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This research presents the development of a short scale named "NOTECHS+" to measure the Non-Technical Skills (i.e., NOTECHS: Cooperation, Leadership and Managerial skills, Decision-Making, and Situational Awareness), Resilience and Emotion Regulation, in a sector that comprises the aviation and the emergency personnel: the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS). The design process of the scale was carried out starting from a review on the behavioral markers used to detect the NOTECHS. Moreover, 70 interviews with HEMS experts have been conducted with the aim of developing Resilience and Emotion Regulation items by considering the different professional profiles (e.g., pilots, nurses, physicians, etc.) which compose the HEMS. Through a pre-assessment procedure, a Q-Sort test was performed on a sample of students (n = 30) to test the logical principles, but also intelligibility and clarity, of the items developed. Once the instrument was defined, 211 participants from the HEMS sector were surveyed to test the theoretical model behind the NOTECHS+ instrument. First exploratory and then confirmatory analysis yielded results that suggested that the 18 items selected conform to a bi-factor model composed of three skill-dimensions: Social skills (i.e., Cooperation, and Leadership and Managerial skills), Cognitive skills (i.e., Decision-Making and Situational Awareness) and Emotional skills (i.e., Resilience and Emotional Regulation). Finally, the study ends with a discussion on the results obtained, including practical implications on assessment and training based on this novel instrument.

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The NOTECHS+: A Short Scale Designed for Assessing the Non-technical Skills (and more) in the Aviation and the Emergency Personnel

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“…Being a member of a supportive unit is critical, as it not only helps to build team members' resilience by enabling them to perceive and react to negative events more adaptively, but it also helps to motivate them to seek out valuable sources of support following traumatic events. Unit cohesion, which is one source of support for Soldiers, is seen as an important driver of numerous important outcomes in military settings (Grice & Katz, 2005;Kirke, 2010). For example, Ahronson and Cameron (2007) sampled Canadian military members and found that high cohesion ratings were associated with lower levels of psychological distress.…”

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Soldier Development Following Negative Cross-Cultural Experiences: An Integrated Review of the Literature

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Cai²,

Connelly³

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One of the military's top priorities is to aid Soldiers in developing skills that will help them understand and more effectively interact with members of other cultures. A key determinant of cross-cultural skill development is the acquisition of hands-on experience within the culture itself. Previous research has focused heavily on the importance of multicultural experiences in cross-cultural skill development, but has largely ignored the effects when such experiences are difficult or challenging. Even fewer studies have examined the role of these experiences within a military context. This report is a preliminary attempt at addressing some of the factors that may contribute to (or hinder) Soldier development and learning following negative or challenging cross-cultural experiences. This report was assembled as part of a multidisciplinary effort wherein subject matter experts were asked to provide their perspectives on a number of topics related to the processing of and development following negative cross-cultural events. These topics included (a) the role of individual difference, group, and contextual factors as determinants of skill development following negative experiences, (b) differences in the types of cognitive processes that occur while a negative event is transpiring, and (c) factors and strategies that aid in recovery following a negative event.

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Cohesion in Military and Aviation Psychology: An Annotated Bibliography and Suggestions for U.S. Army Aviation

Cited by 2 publications

References 18 publications

The NOTECHS+: A Short Scale Designed for Assessing the Non-technical Skills (and more) in the Aviation and the Emergency Personnel

The NOTECHS+: A Short Scale Designed for Assessing the Non-technical Skills (and more) in the Aviation and the Emergency Personnel

Soldier Development Following Negative Cross-Cultural Experiences: An Integrated Review of the Literature

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