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Development and validation of a self-report adaptability measure for the military remote operations community.

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Military Psychology Pub Date : 2025-01-24 DOI: 10.1080/08995605.2024.2448384

Tyler J Mulhearn, Robert P Tett, Kinsey B Bryant-Lees, Rachael N Martinez, David M LaHuis, Tyler C McDaniel, Songthip Ounpraseuth

{"title":"Development and validation of a self-report adaptability measure for the military remote operations community.","authors":"Tyler J Mulhearn, Robert P Tett, Kinsey B Bryant-Lees, Rachael N Martinez, David M LaHuis, Tyler C McDaniel, Songthip Ounpraseuth","doi":"10.1080/08995605.2024.2448384","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08995605.2024.2448384","url":null,"abstract":"Building on emerging literature, a new self-report inventory was developed to assess multiple psychological attributes relevant to adaptability in remote warriors. Literature search backed by surveys of military and psychological experts identified 32 attributes for self-report scale development. Items were sorted reliably into targeted dimensions (67.5% vs. 1.6% random) in support of content validity. Item analysis of responses from 255 U.S. Air Force remote operations Airmen (74.5% sensor operators) narrowed the set to 25 empirically distinct scales demonstrating overall strong internal consistency reliability (Mdn alpha = .83), unidimensionality per scale, convergent and discriminant validity in relations with the NEO Personality Inventory-3 (e.g. Stress Tolerance r = -.50 with NEO Neuroticism and r = .00 with NEO Openness), and criterion validity in relations with burnout (e.g., Coping Flexibility r = -.43 with Exhaustion) and psychological distress (e.g., Hardiness r = -.62). Results support the continued development of the measure for advancing understanding of the psychology of remote warfare and engagement in similarly demanding occupations.","PeriodicalId":18696,"journal":{"name":"Military Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143033651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Spirituality is associated with psychological hardiness in U.S. army soldiers and civilians. 灵性与美国陆军士兵和平民的心理抵抗力有关。

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Military Psychology Pub Date : 2025-01-22 DOI: 10.1080/08995605.2025.2453784

Bryan Hedrick, Kristin J Heaton, Brian A Moore, Jason L Judkins

{"title":"Spirituality is associated with psychological hardiness in U.S. army soldiers and civilians.","authors":"Bryan Hedrick, Kristin J Heaton, Brian A Moore, Jason L Judkins","doi":"10.1080/08995605.2025.2453784","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08995605.2025.2453784","url":null,"abstract":"As the Army continues to adapt to evolving mission demands and global threats, those who execute the mission - both soldiers and Department of the Army (DA) civilians - must also adapt to changing occupational demands and requirements. Occupational stress within the military community is a threat to health and wellbeing that impacts not only individual soldiers and civilian personnel, but also units, families, and the broader military community. Hardiness is an operational requirement for military success, spirituality might be a means to positively impact soldier and DA Civilian hardiness. This study sought to understand the relationship between spirituality and hardiness within the Army, which included data collected from U.S. Army soldiers (N = 313) and DA Civilians (N = 276). We hypothesized that increased individual spirituality have a direct relationship with the positive aspects of hardiness and an inverse relationship with the negative aspects of hardiness as defined by the dual process model of hardiness. Employing regression analysis, empirical support was found to support our hypotheses for relationships between spirituality and hardiness variables, with increased spirituality relating to increased positive hardiness and decreased negative hardiness traits. Military leaders can use that knowledge to develop and test targeted interventions that may help to increase positive hardiness and decrease negative hardiness in the Army. Further, Holistic Health and Fitness programming may benefit from improved psychological function by incorporating training that integrates hardiness and spirituality concepts.","PeriodicalId":18696,"journal":{"name":"Military Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143008392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The civil employment experiences of amputee veterans: The case of Turkey. 截肢退伍军人民事就业经验：以土耳其为例。

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Military Psychology Pub Date : 2025-01-16 DOI: 10.1080/08995605.2025.2452033

Filiz Er, Fatma Peker, Ferda Karadağ, Helena Belchior-Rocha

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Purpose in life and posttraumatic stress symptoms among military veterans: A network analysis. 退伍军人的生活目标与创伤后应激症状：网络分析

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Military Psychology Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1080/08995605.2024.2447650

Shaina A Kumar, Emily Taverna, Karen S Mitchell, Brian N Smith, Dawne Vogt

{"title":"Purpose in life and posttraumatic stress symptoms among military veterans: A network analysis.","authors":"Shaina A Kumar, Emily Taverna, Karen S Mitchell, Brian N Smith, Dawne Vogt","doi":"10.1080/08995605.2024.2447650","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08995605.2024.2447650","url":null,"abstract":"Researchers have begun to explore factors that might promote better adjustment following exposure to traumatic events, including the extent to which individuals have a strong sense of meaning in their lives. Given that studies have shown the potential benefits of cultivating meaning in alleviating posttraumatic stress reactions, it is important to pinpoint specific aspects of meaning that may better inform individualized trauma-focused treatments. One aspect of meaning that may be particularly relevant to trauma survivors is reflected in perceptions of purpose in life. The current study explored concurrent associations among elements of purpose and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in a sample of 423 combat-deployed veterans through the lens of network analysis. We investigated the network structure of purpose and PTSS, as well as which aspects of purpose were negatively associated with PTSS, to identify their connections with resilience and recovery. Most notably, results revealed that having multiple reasons for living and a sense of importance and connection related to everyday pursuits were most strongly linked to lower PTSS. Specific aspects of purpose related to satisfaction and fulfillment were also linked to lower PTSS, though more modestly. Although these findings will need to be confirmed in longitudinal research, they suggest that attending to sense of purpose in veterans and other high-risk populations may facilitate treatment planning in service of fostering greater resiliency to the effects of trauma exposure.","PeriodicalId":18696,"journal":{"name":"Military Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142951776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The association of deployment stressors and PTSD and depression symptoms in military mothers. 军人母亲的部署压力源与创伤后应激障碍和抑郁症状的关系。

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Military Psychology Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1080/08995605.2024.2443330

Cara M Lucke, Hayley A Rahl-Brigman, Cheuk Hei Cheng, Abigail H Gewirtz

{"title":"The association of deployment stressors and PTSD and depression symptoms in military mothers.","authors":"Cara M Lucke, Hayley A Rahl-Brigman, Cheuk Hei Cheng, Abigail H Gewirtz","doi":"10.1080/08995605.2024.2443330","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08995605.2024.2443330","url":null,"abstract":"Previously deployed mothers report higher levels of posttraumatic stress and depression symptoms than non-deployed mothers. However, the specific stressors encountered during deployment that account for elevated clinical symptoms are not well understood including the impact of Military Sexual Trauma (MST) in the context of other deployment-related stressors. This study examined whether MST during deployment, degree of combat exposure, and length of deployment will each be associated with posttraumatic stress and depression symptoms among previously deployed mothers. Participants included 113 mothers (86.6% White) who had previously been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan during the post 9/11 conflicts. Logistic regressions revealed that mothers who experienced MST during deployment were five times more likely to report clinically significant posttraumatic stress symptoms and two times more likely to report clinically significant depression symptoms. When controlling for MST, degree of combat exposure and length of deployment were not significantly associated with posttraumatic stress or depression symptoms. The present study fills an important gap in the literature and implicates MST as an important correlate of post-deployment functioning for military mothers. Findings from this study can be used to inform both prevention and intervention efforts.","PeriodicalId":18696,"journal":{"name":"Military Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142951777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Effect of changing threat conditions on police and military commanders' preferences for urgent and offensive actions: An analysis of decision making at the operational level of war. 威胁条件的变化对警察和军事指挥官对紧急和进攻行动的偏好的影响：战争行动层面的决策分析。

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Military Psychology Pub Date : 2025-01-02 Epub Date: 2023-11-03 DOI: 10.1080/08995605.2023.2277609

Jostein Mattingsdal, Bjørn Helge Johnsen, Roar Espevik

{"title":"Effect of changing threat conditions on police and military commanders' preferences for urgent and offensive actions: An analysis of decision making at the operational level of war.","authors":"Jostein Mattingsdal, Bjørn Helge Johnsen, Roar Espevik","doi":"10.1080/08995605.2023.2277609","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08995605.2023.2277609","url":null,"abstract":"A simulation was conducted to examine the decision making of 102 high-ranking police and military commanders (male/female = 88/12, mean years of employment = 22.15) engaged in a simulated hybrid attack on Norway. Four 2 × 3 repeated-measures ANOVA tests were performed, with two groups (police, military) and three phases (peace, war, and post-conflict) as independent variables. The decision tasks of force posture and mission urgency, along with Subject Matter Expert (SME) ratings of decision-making performance, served as dependent variables. By using social cognitive theory as the theoretical framework, the analysis demonstrated within-group effects indicating how the transition from peace to war caused more offensive postures, higher urgency levels, and increased performance in wartime. Between-group differences were also found, illustrating that police commanders had higher levels of urgency than military commanders in general. Regarding force posture, within-group differences were only found in the post-conflict phase, when police commanders returned to pre-war levels, while military commanders showed less offensive postures than in peacetime. No significant between-group differences were found in decision-making performance. The analysis demonstrated new empirical findings about how crisis management is impacted by change and the backgrounds of those in charge. The findings have implications for designing interagency frameworks that improve police-military interoperability in collaborative efforts.","PeriodicalId":18696,"journal":{"name":"Military Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"33-49"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11649221/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71425037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Development of the ARENA training programme for resilient performance in defense and security settings. 为国防和安全环境中的弹性表现制定ARENA培训计划。

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Military Psychology Pub Date : 2025-01-02 Epub Date: 2023-11-03 DOI: 10.1080/08995605.2023.2268495

Marc V Jones, Nathan Smith, Lucy Walker, Martin Turner, Andrew McCann, Elizabeth Braithwaite, Danielle Burns, Paul Emmerson, Leonie Webster, Martin Jones

{"title":"Development of the ARENA training programme for resilient performance in defense and security settings.","authors":"Marc V Jones, Nathan Smith, Lucy Walker, Martin Turner, Andrew McCann, Elizabeth Braithwaite, Danielle Burns, Paul Emmerson, Leonie Webster, Martin Jones","doi":"10.1080/08995605.2023.2268495","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08995605.2023.2268495","url":null,"abstract":"Defense and Security Personnel (DSP) often have to operate in the presence of stressful demands. Prior research has identified factors and processes associated with DSP being able to perform resiliently in demanding situations and settings. The aim of the present study was to develop a resilient performance training programme for UK defense and security operators. An intervention mapping (IM) method was used to guide the development of the programme. Typically, IM follows six sequential phases. In the present work, these phases were shaped by insights from prior research (e.g. systematic review and end user interviews), the input of a dedicated working group (N = 13) and from practitioner focus groups. During the IM process, the importance of programme flexibility was emphasized by practitioners. As such, the enAbling REsilieNt performAnce (ARENA) training programme was designed to be agile and include both face-to-face training and online learning modules. Theoretical behavior change principles, closely aligned to findings of earlier work on resilient defense and security performance, were used to underpin programme content and delivery. Future research should seek to gather data on the impact of the ARENA programme, in the targeted biological, psychological and social factors that previously been associated with resilient performances.","PeriodicalId":18696,"journal":{"name":"Military Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11649222/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71425036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Loneliness partially mediates the relation between substance use and suicidality in Veterans. 孤独感在一定程度上调节了退伍军人使用药物和自杀之间的关系。

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Military Psychology Pub Date : 2025-01-02 Epub Date: 2024-01-31 DOI: 10.1080/08995605.2024.2307669

Katherine Musacchio Schafer, Emma Wilson-Lemoine, Marie Campione, Sean Dougherty, Ruth Melia, Thomas Joiner

{"title":"Loneliness partially mediates the relation between substance use and suicidality in Veterans.","authors":"Katherine Musacchio Schafer, Emma Wilson-Lemoine, Marie Campione, Sean Dougherty, Ruth Melia, Thomas Joiner","doi":"10.1080/08995605.2024.2307669","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08995605.2024.2307669","url":null,"abstract":"America has experienced a rapid increase in loneliness, substance use, and suicidality. This increase is particularly deleterious for Veterans, who, as compared to nonmilitary-connected civilians, experience elevated rates of loneliness, substance use, and suicidality. In this project we investigated the link between loneliness, substance use, and suicidality, paying particular attention to the mediational role of loneliness between substance use and suicidality. 1,469 Veterans (male, n = 1004, 67.2%; female, n = 457, 32.3%; transgender/non-binary/prefer not to say, n = 8, 0.5%) answered online surveys in the Mental Health and Well-Being Project. Items assessed participants on psychosocial antecedents of health and wellness. Pearson correlations and mediational models were used to determine if loneliness, substance use, and suicidality were related and if loneliness mediated the link between substance use and suicidality. Results indicated that loneliness, substance use, and suicidality were significantly and positively related (rs = .33-.42, ps < .01). Additionally, loneliness partially mediated the link between substance use and suicidality (β = .08 [.06-.10]), suggesting that, within the context of substance use in Veterans, loneliness may account for significant variance in suicidality. Together findings suggest the Veterans Health Administration should support, fund, and study community engagement activities that could reduce the development or intensity of substance use, loneliness, and suicidality in Veterans.","PeriodicalId":18696,"journal":{"name":"Military Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"85-94"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11649226/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139642501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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What do you bring to the table? Exploring psychological attributes that predict successful military training. 你能带来什么?探索预测成功军事训练的心理属性。

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Military Psychology Pub Date : 2025-01-02 Epub Date: 2023-11-28 DOI: 10.1080/08995605.2023.2285693

Stuart Beattie, Thomas Du Preez, Lew Hardy, Calum Arthur

{"title":"What do you bring to the table? Exploring psychological attributes that predict successful military training.","authors":"Stuart Beattie, Thomas Du Preez, Lew Hardy, Calum Arthur","doi":"10.1080/08995605.2023.2285693","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08995605.2023.2285693","url":null,"abstract":"The psychological characteristics that new recruits bring when starting military basic training (MBT) may help or hinder successful completion rates. The first part of this study explores how psychological characteristics assessed at the start of MBT influence retention and performance outcomes upon completion. At the start and upon completing MBT, a sample of 204 UK male Infantry recruits undergoing a 26-week Combat Infantryman's Course were assessed on personality traits (psychoticism, neuroticism, and extroversion); a set of relevant cognitions (i.e. effortful control); motivation (i.e. internalization of military core values); and an assessment of mentally tough behavior. Recruits who successfully completed MBT were significantly higher in age, psychoticism, and mentally tough behavior. The second part of the study explored how MBT influenced these variables across time. A subsample of 132 male Infantry recruits that passed basic military training first time were analyzed. Across the 26-week course, there was a significant increase in extraversion, and a significant decrease in neuroticism, and external regulation. Results differed slightly when we removed the lowest passing group from the analysis and whether MANOVA or Logistic Regression analysis was used. Results indicate that what you bring to the table will influence pass and retention rates.","PeriodicalId":18696,"journal":{"name":"Military Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"50-61"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11649220/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138451965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Evaluation of health literacy and its predictive formative factors among Spanish military personnel. 西班牙军事人员健康知识及其预测形成因素的评估。

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Military Psychology Pub Date : 2025-01-02 Epub Date: 2023-11-03 DOI: 10.1080/08995605.2023.2274755

Iago Portela-Pino, Ariadna Hernaiz-Sanchez, Lucía Lomba-Portela

{"title":"Evaluation of health literacy and its predictive formative factors among Spanish military personnel.","authors":"Iago Portela-Pino, Ariadna Hernaiz-Sanchez, Lucía Lomba-Portela","doi":"10.1080/08995605.2023.2274755","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08995605.2023.2274755","url":null,"abstract":"Health literacy (HL) is an aspect that has been widely studied. However, in the military population there are hardly any studies on the influence of educational variables. Knowing the level of health literacy of military professionals is important as it has an impact on adequate health decision making, avoids the abuse of health services and makes it possible to ask for help when needed, especially in aspects related to mental health. The aim of this study was to measure the level of literacy, as well as its association with other training variables in a sample of military personnel. The study was carried out in 695 military personnel of the Spanish Army. A cross-sectional observational design was used, using a survey with the HLS-EU-Q47 scale. Among the results, it stands out that the level of health literacy of the military is high compared to the rest of the population. The results showed that the level of HL does not seem to be influenced by the level of languages, nor by the degree they hold, nor by experiences abroad. On the other hand, it was observed that the performance of professional internships and work in multidisciplinary teams, extracurricular training, does influence the level of HL, especially in the dimension related to health promotion. This fact seems to mean that the military have learned during these experiences to keep abreast of health-related issues, to understand, to value and to form a considered opinion on health-related information.","PeriodicalId":18696,"journal":{"name":"Military Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"14-21"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11649223/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71425038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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