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Military Psychology: Concepts, Trends and Interventions
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Military Psychology
Concepts, Trends and Interventions
Nidhi Maheshwari Scientist, Strategic Behaviour Division, Defence
Institute of Psychological Research (DIPR), Defence
Research and Development Organisation (DRDO),
Ministry of Defence, Government of India, New Delhi
Vineeth V. Kumar Associate Professor, School of Management, BML
Munjal University, Gurgaon, Haryana
Hardcover 01-01-2016 ISBN: 9789351506300 Rs.995.00
Electronic Version 03-02-2016 ISBN: 9789351506317
A useful book that deals with a number of psychological issues surfacing in military and paramilitary forces.
Military Psychology: Concepts, Trends and Interventions offers various psychological theories that are not only significant in
the context of soldiers but also help to strengthen the capability of military and paramilitary forces during combat and non-
combat operations. Stressing on the psycho-social well-being of the soldiers, this book offers insights into military
psychological issues, such as soldier selection, combating stress, instances of misconduct, psychological operations,
optimism, resilience and hardiness training, gender bias, value-based leadership, familial well-being and the future warfare.
The global case studies in the book offer lessons for India and other countries where military and para-military forces are
engaged in dealing with both external and internal extremism.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword Manas K. Mandal
Preface
Introduction Nidhi Maheshwari and Vineeth V. Kumar
I: PSYCHOLOGICAL CONCEPTS AND TRENDS IN MILITARY CONTEXT
Military Psychology: The Centurion Phenomenon Nidhi Maheshwari, Vineeth V Kumar and
N P Singh
Intelligence and Aptitude Testing Gurpreet Kaur, Dinika Anand and Soumi
Awasthy
Biographical Inventory for Selection Suresh A, Arunima Gupta and Sucheta
Sarkar
Human Landscape of War Joseph Miller
Stereotype Threat and Marksmanship Performance Emerald M Archer
Misconduct Behaviours in Armed Forces Pankaj Kumar Sharma, Ashutosh Ratnam
and T Madhusudhan
Psychological Operations in Warfare Ron Schleifer
Future Warfare and Mind Control Swati Johar and Updesh Kumar
II: PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS IN MILITARY CONTEXT
The Secret Weapon of Optimism Eyal Lewin
Building Soldier Resilience Michael D. Matthews
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Military Psychology
Concepts, Trends and Interventions
Training Hardiness for Stress Resilience Paul T Bartone, Jarle Eid and Sigurd W.
Hystad
Promoting Psychosocial Health of Disaster First Responders Sujata Satapathy
Value-based Leadership Vidushi Pathak, Anju Rani and Sneha
Goswami
Familial Pathways to Soldier Effectiveness Archana and Updesh Kumar
Countering Terrorism: Interrogating Communication Oversight James Okolie-Osemene
Winning Hearts and Building Peace Amparo Pamela H Fabe
Beyond Century: The Future of Military Psychology Nidhi Maheshwari and Vineeth V Kuma
Index
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Military Psychology
Concepts, Trends and Interventions
ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S):
Nidhi Maheshwari, Ph.D., is a Scientist at the Strategic Behaviour Division, Defence Institute of
Psychological Research (DIPR), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO),
Ministry of Defence, Government of India, Delhi. She specializes in the area of Strategic
Behaviour Analysis, particularly Assessment and Management of Psycho-bio-social Markers of
Combat Stress Behaviours, Combat Motivation and Morale, Rumour and Propaganda
Management (Psychological Operations), as well as Special Forces Profiling. She has obtained
her doctorate degree from University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. As a psychologist, Dr Maheshwari
has been employed at various Services Selection Board (SSB) for the assessment and
selection of officers of Indian Army, Navy and Air Force. As the principal investigator, she has
pursued several research projects for Indian Armed Forces. Also, several need-based
assessment tools and manuals have been developed and delivered by her. Besides her
contribution to various books and journals, she has authored a field guide on assessment and
management of combat stress behaviours for Indian soldiers. She has conducted various
training programmes on strategic issues in numerous fields and forward locations of Northern
and Eastern Command of the Indian Armed Forces. She has also been a guest speaker cum
faculty to various seminars/courses at institutions such as National Security Guard (NSG), Army
War College and Military Intelligence Training School and Depot, apart from various leading
universities of India. She has been a recipient of the research fellowship namely NET-JRF by
University Grants Commission in 2001. She is also, the Young Scientist Awardee (2006) and
the Technology Group Awardee (2011). In 2013, her book on military psychology entitled Sainya
Manovigyan was awarded the DRDO Rajbhasha Award. She is a member of the American
Psychological Association (APA), International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP), the
Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS),
the Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), the Industrial Psychiatry Association of India
(IPAI) and the National Academy of Psychology (NAOP).
Vineeth V. Kumar, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at the School of Management, BML Munjal
University, Gurgaon, Haryana. He has over 13 years of experience in teaching, training and
research in behavioural sciences. He has been awarded doctorate in psychology from
University of Rajasthan. His subjects of interest include psychometric testing and assessment,
applied psychology, organizational behaviour, positive psychology and military psychology. He
has published several research papers in peer-reviewed national and international journals. His
pursuits have been in the arena of positive psychology-based interventions for nurturing holistic
well-being. Dr Kumar has been a faculty with Amity University; SRM University, Tamil Nadu and
the Indian Institute of Health Management and Research (IIHMR), Jaipur. Over the years, he
has been actively undertaking management development and training programmes for
management professionals, defence scientists and service personnel. He has organized several
international conferences in the arena of positive psychology-based interventions and has been
the editor of the Journal of Human and Work Management and associate editor of the Amity
Journal of Applied Psychology. He is a member of the APA and the Indian Science Congress
Association (ISCA).
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