Innovation: Behavioral Health Skills Training for Families of Space Travelers

IF 2 4区社会学 Q2 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Space Policy Pub Date : 2023-11-01 DOI:10.1016/j.spacepol.2023.101576

Brenda Bursch , Patricia D. Walshaw , Catherine Mogil , Thomas Babayan , Patricia Lester

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Abstract

With the evolution of space travel to more frequently include civilian space travelers, there is an emerging need for behavioral health skills training for longer missions. There may be utility in using the analog of military deployments. One such model is Families OverComing Under Stress (FOCUS), a family-centered evidence-based resilience training program that has been implemented at military installations for the last fifteen years. FOCUS is designed to enhance family cohesion and strengthen parent–child, marital, and co-parenting relationships and improve emotion regulation, communication, problem-solving, and goal-setting skills across the family. Research results reveal that both parents and children from military families participating in FOCUS demonstrate significant improvement in emotional and behavioral adjustment, reducing their risk of developing anxiety, depression, or other behavioral disturbances by half. It has also demonstrated efficacy in the tele-delivery model, allowing for implementation for families who are separated due to trainings and missions.

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创新：太空旅行者家庭行为健康技能培训

随着太空旅行的发展，越来越多地包括民用太空旅行者，越来越需要为更长时间的任务提供行为健康技能培训。使用军事部署的模拟可能是有用的。一个这样的模式是家庭克服压力(FOCUS)，这是一个以家庭为中心的基于证据的复原力训练项目，过去15年来一直在军事设施中实施。FOCUS旨在增强家庭凝聚力，加强亲子、婚姻和共同抚养关系，并改善整个家庭的情绪调节、沟通、解决问题和设定目标的技能。研究结果显示，参加FOCUS的军人家庭的父母和孩子在情绪和行为调整方面都有显著改善，他们患焦虑、抑郁或其他行为障碍的风险降低了一半。它还在远程交付模式中显示出效力，使因培训和任务而分离的家庭得以实施。

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期刊介绍： Space Policy is an international, interdisciplinary journal which draws on the fields of international relations, economics, history, aerospace studies, security studies, development studies, political science and ethics to provide discussion and analysis of space activities in their political, economic, industrial, legal, cultural and social contexts. Alongside full-length papers, which are subject to a double-blind peer review system, the journal publishes opinion pieces, case studies and short reports and, in so doing, it aims to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and opinions and a means by which authors can alert policy makers and international organizations to their views. Space Policy is also a journal of record, reproducing, in whole or part, official documents such as treaties, space agency plans or government reports relevant to the space community. Views expressed in the journal are not necessarily those of the editors or members of the editorial board.