The Application of a Model of Adaptive Performance to Army Leader Behaviors

Tucker, Jennifer S.; Gunther, Katie

doi:10.1080/08995600902914396

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“…Cognitive defusion during family reintegration involves family members experiencing these cognitions without allowing them to dominate their experience or dictate their behavior. This can be particularly challenging for service members who are trained to draw quick conclusions and act on them with certitude (Tucker & Gunther, ).…”

Section: Psychological Flexibility and Family Reintegrationmentioning

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Psychological Flexibility as a Framework for Understanding and Improving Family Reintegration Following Military Deployment

Sandoz

Moyer

Armelie

2014

J Marital Family Therapy

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Postdeployment reintegration may present an exceptional challenge to service members and their families; yet, overcoming this challenge seems to strengthen family relationships through a shared sense of purpose. Navigating family reintegration may be an important determinant of long-term psychological well-being. If the needs of military families are to be answered effectively, it is of critical importance to identify the skills that facilitate positive reintegration following deployment. This article proposes psychological flexibility as a group of interrelated skills that could be directly intervened on to facilitate not only resilience but also positive growth and development. This paper focuses on the conceptualization of family reintegration in terms of psychological flexibility, including common deficits observed in this population and potential goals of treatment. Video Abstract.

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Section: Psychological Flexibility and Family Reintegrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Psychological Flexibility as a Framework for Understanding and Improving Family Reintegration Following Military Deployment

Sandoz

Moyer

Armelie

2014

J Marital Family Therapy

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“…There are numerous names referring to motivation to learn in the literature: "passionate learner" (Tucker, Gunther, Pleban, Goodwin, & Vaughn, 2007), "mastery orientation" (Dweck & Leggett, 1988;White et al, 2005), and "lifetime entrepreneur" (Breuer & Eugster, 2006). White et al (2005) described these individuals as viewing experiences as challenges from which to learn and grow.…”

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Military Cognitive Readiness at the Operational and Strategic Levels

Grier

2012

Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making

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Military cognitive readiness is a somewhat new concept that has been defined many ways. In this article, I review these definitions and propose that cognitive readiness is not just one construct, but three inter-related constructs akin to the military levels of war and readiness (tactical, operational, & strategic). Each of these constructs requires cognitive performance in complex, uncertain, and stressful military operations. However, the nature of performance is different for each. Thus, each level of cognitive readiness requires different measures. As a first step in the development of measures for operational and strategic cognitive readiness, a review of research related to predicting cognitive performance in complex, uncertain, and stressful operations was conducted. From this review a set of inherent psychological factors and their measures were identified. The article concludes by indicating what future steps are needed to develop measures of both operational and strategic readiness.

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“…One of the first systematic empirical treatments of adaptability that has also gained prominence in the military leadership literature is the research of Pulakos and colleagues (ref. Mueller-Hanson et al, 2005;Pulakos et al, 2000Pulakos et al, , 2002Tucker et al, 2007;White et al, 2005). In this research stream, adaptability or more precisely adaptive performance is behavior typically understood as job-/ task-related performance.…”

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“…Alternatively, Pulakos and colleagues examined dimensions that enable adaptive behavior in military and other contexts (ref. MuellerHanson, White, Dorsey, & Pulakos, 2005;Pulakos, Arad, Donovan, & Plamondon, 2000;Pulakos et al, 2002;Tucker, Gunther, Pleban, Goodwin, & Vaughan, 2007;White et al, 2005).…”

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Tactical Military Leader Requisite Complexity: Toward a Referent Structure

Hannah

Jennings

Nobel

2010

Military Psychology

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The U.S. Army has focused on developing leader competencies in order to promote adaptability for asymmetric warfare. Expanding leader adaptive capacity, however, requires integrating competencies with deeper knowledge structures and leader identity. We conduct a three-stage exploratory study using semistructured interviews and three separate samples of experienced combat leaders to assess the organization of tactical leader functional roles. We identify the breadth of roles, tasks, skills, and attributes representative of expert tactical military leaders. We hope to take a first step in circumscribing the requisite cognitive and behavioral complexity required of tactical leaders and thereby provide a referent structure for future research on what constitutes requisite complexity for tactical military leaders.Military combat leaders have always faced dynamic and unpredictable situations requiring complex and adaptive decision making and actions. The asymmetric MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY, 22:412-449, 2010

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The Application of a Model of Adaptive Performance to Army Leader Behaviors

Cited by 20 publications

References 12 publications

Psychological Flexibility as a Framework for Understanding and Improving Family Reintegration Following Military Deployment

Psychological Flexibility as a Framework for Understanding and Improving Family Reintegration Following Military Deployment

Military Cognitive Readiness at the Operational and Strategic Levels

Tactical Military Leader Requisite Complexity: Toward a Referent Structure

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