This article prospectively explores the effects of collective team work engagement and organizational constraints during military deployment on individual-level psychological outcomes afterwards. Participants were 971 Dutch peacekeepers within 93 teams who were deployed between the end of 2008 and beginning of 2010, for an average of 4 months, in the International Security Assistance Force. Surveys were administered 2 months into deployment and 6 months afterwards.

Research on psychological resilience is important for occupations involving routine exposure to trauma or critical events. Such research can allow for the identification of factors to target in training, education and intervention programs, as well as groups that may be at higher risk for mental health problems.

Operational response by firefighters requires an abrupt change from rest to near-maximal physical effort and incorporates almost instant stress management that must be made during extreme heat, limited time and partial information, yet little is known about the coping strategies incorporated to manage the physiological and psychological demands associated with this environment. A sample of 22 UK firefighters took part in focus groups identifying frequently used coping techniques based upon problem-focused and emotion-focused coping methods.

This project examines protective factors associated with resilience/posttraumatic growth and risk factors associated with posttraumatic stress among firefighters exposed to critical incidents. The participants were 286 (257 men and 29 women) volunteer and paid firefighters in Whatcom County, Washington. Participants completed an anonymous survey asking about demographics, critical incident exposure, posttraumatic stress symptoms, posttraumatic growth, resource availability, coping, occupational stress and critical incident stress debriefing experience.

Special Issue Papers:

Trauma-exposed Firefighters: Relationships among Posttraumatic Growth, Posttraumatic Stress, Resource Availability, Coping and Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Experience (pages 356–365)

Stressors and Coping Strategies of UK Firefighters during On-duty Incidents (pages 366–376)

A Longitudinal Pilot Study of Resilience in Canadian Military Personnel (pages 377–385)

Om het fenomeen jihadisme te bestrijden en een radicaliceringsproces bij met name jongeren te stoppen, moet de politie en haar ketenpartners kennis hebben van de sociale, religieuze en ideologische factoren.

Diverse gemeenten kampen met uitreizigers die naar Syrië willen of al zijn vertrokken.

Onderzoek naar Jihadgang naar Syrië en de dreiging voor Nederland vormt een van de speerpunten van de Algemene Inlichtingen en Veiligheidsdienst.

Het onderwijs in sociaal-culturele betekenisgeving ontbreekt op het vmbo en de havo. En juist van die kennis kunnen radicaliserende jongeren profiteren.
Lees hier het artikel van Pieter Lagerwaard, junior docent antropologie bij de Universiteit van Amsterdam.

The combination of vulnerability and resilience after traumatic experiences is a bewildering juxtaposition seen in human beings and especially so in children. A striking illustration of this juxtaposition are the findings of studies on the impact of traumatic events experienced by parents on health and adjustment of their children (often labeled as intergenerational transmission of trauma or secondary traumatization).