title: Self-Reported Differences in Personality, Emotion Control, and Presence Between Pre-Military and Non-Military Groups in a Pilot Study Using the Stress Resilience in Virtual Environments (STRIVE) System.
abstract: Mental health disorders are the signature wounds of war resulting from extended U.S. Military conflicts in the Middle East [1]. In an effort to abate the number of Service Members that develop mental health disorders in these conflicts, USC-ICT has created the Stress Resilience in Virtual Environments (STRIVE) project, a set of highly realistic virtual reality combat scenarios and resilience-building sessions designed for pre-deployed military personnel. This short-paper looks at self-reported differences in personality, emotion control, and presence between two different groups, pre-military and non-military, of pilot subjects that tested a prototype of the first four modules of STRIVE.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California, Institute for Creative Technologies.
authors.forename: Bruce S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: John
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California, Institute for Creative Technologies.
authors.forename: Laura Serra
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Oliva
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California, Institute for Creative Technologies.
authors.forename: J Galen
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Buckwalter
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California, Institute for Creative Technologies.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kwok
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California, Institute for Creative Technologies.
authors.forename: Albert Skip
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Rizzo
mesh_terms: D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D054542:Iraq War, 2003-2011; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D010551:Personality; D010865:Pilot Projects; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D057566:Self Report; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D014857:Warfare