title: Effectiveness evaluation for short-term group pre-deployment VR computer-assisted stress inoculation training provided to Polish ISAF soldiers.
abstract: The goal of this study was to assess effectiveness of a short collective stress inoculation training (SIT) conducted according to the methodology of the Virtual Reality Medical Center of San Diego (Training of Physiological Control Exposure to Virtual Stressor while Maintaining Physiological Control). The results obtained indicate a short-term effectiveness of the training as a method of tension reduction. However, in the long-term perspective these results are ambiguous and they suggest a need of further research. In order to extend the analysis effects of temperamental factors on training effectiveness was presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Combat Stress, Military Medical Institute, Warsaw, Poland. silnicki@wim.mil.pl
authors.forename: Stanislaw
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ilnicki
authors.forename: Brenda K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Wiederhold
authors.forename: Justyna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maciolek
authors.forename: Ludmila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kosinska
authors.forename: Sylwia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Szymanska
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zbyszewski
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Siatkowska
authors.forename: Ewelina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Opalko-Piotrkiewicz
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ilnicki
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Filarowska
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Glibowska
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Borzetka
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pleskacz
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Murawski
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000346:Afghanistan; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D011044:Poland; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014584:User-Computer Interface