Predictive validity of a selection instrument measuring resilience: the INSPIRE Resilience Scale

Military personnel needs to be resilient to be able to remain effective, motivated, and in good mental and physical health. Military organizations select on resilience to determine whether candidates are psychologically fit for their job. The INSPIRE Resilience Scale (IRS) is such a selection instrument that aims to assess the psychological...

Study on Air Traffic Controller (ATCO) and Engineering Staff (ATSEP) social issues and working conditions

Over the past decade, the social issues and working conditions of Air Traffic Controller (ATCO) and Engineering Staff (ATSEP) in the Air Traffic Management industry (ATM) have been affected by growing air traffic. This study provides a clear landscape of current and future social issues and working conditions of ATCOs and ATSEPs in the EU Member...

Profiling Novice Marksmen: The first step in providing personalized training interventions: abstract

Competence Retention in Military Helicopter Underwater Egress Training (HUET)

Helicopter aircrew from Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) get Helicopter Underwater Egress Training (HUET) in order to be prepared for escaping the aircraft when ditching into water. Besides knowledge and skills how to escape, self-confidence is an important learning goal in HUET, especially because the underwater events are experienced as...

Predictive Validity of the Inspire Resilience Scale as Selection Instrument: abstract

Over the past years, a group of defence organisations (NLD, BEL, SWE, FIN, GER) and the Dutch police have collaborated in the European Defence Agency project INSPIRE (Improving Military Selection: Psychological Resilience Screening) to develop and test the Inspire Resilience Scale (IRS), an instrument that aims to assess the psychological...

Personalized military training, supported by learning analytics

Adaptability and self-directedness are important competences of military personnel that are required for life-long learning in a constantly changing operational environment. A large research program for the Dutch Ministry of Defense, called "Education and individual training in a dynamic operational context” (2017 – 2021), investigates how...

Measuring and monitoring resilience throughout the military and police career

Service members of armed forces and police participating in military missions and police operations are being confronted with mentally challenging circumstances. A considerable amount of them suffers from mental health problems potentially resulting in PTSD. The aim is to increase the operational effectiveness and sustainability of personnel in...

The Effectiveness of the Game LINGO Online: A Serious Game for English Pronunciation

In this chapter an evaluation of the LINGO Online, a serious game for English pronunciation is described. The game is applied in two primary and two secondary schools in the Netherlands. During 8 weeks of experiment, students from the schools either played the game or followed regular English lessons. Data were collected on learning outcomes ...

Effectiveness of a Coping Flexibility Training for Military Students

TNO has developed a training to improve coping flexibility for military students. This training consists of five modules (each ½ to 1 day) divided over a period of circa 6 months. These were embedded in their regular training program. The instructors followed an intensive train-the-trainer to be able to give the training. The modules are mainly...

Measuring Military Job Adaptability Demands: A First Validation

Today’s military organizations have to become increasingly adaptable in order to deal adequately with complex and uncertain circumstances. In order to increase adaptability, interventions are required at both organizational and individual level. To be able to evaluate these interventions, adaptive performance should be made measurable. Pulakos,...

First Validation of the INSPIRE Resilience Scale: A New Screening Instrument to Improve Military Selection

In an European Defense Agency project, named Improving Military Selection: Psychological Resilience Screening (INSPIRE), a screening instrument to assess the psychological resilience potential of military candidates in selection is developed. This new screening instrument, the INSPIRE Resilience Scale (IRS), consists of two parts. The first part...

Ontwikkeling van een dynamische test voor leervermogen van laagopgeleiden

Serious gaming used as management intervention to prevent work-related stress and raise work-engagement among workers

Work-related stress is a large occupational risks in the Netherlands but interventions to reduce this risk are not implemented in organizations. The characteristics of a serious game make it a useful training tool for managers to raise awareness on their role in stimulating work engagement and managing work-related stress. In this research...

The influence of automation support on performance, workload, and situation awareness of Air Traffic Controllers

A decision support tool, called Speed and Route Advisor (SARA), was developed at Schiphol Airport to help air traffic controllers achieve increased accuracy in traffic delivery. Its influence on controller performance, workload, and situation awareness was evaluated in a real-time simulation and in an operational trial. The findings indicate...