2014 US RAND RR750 Enhancing performance under stress - stress innocuation training in battlefield airmen
Performance Conditions Providing opportunities to perform under stress is critical, because in the absence of the inoculation trials and application opportunities, the skills-training components are unlikely to prove effective or sufficient (Meichenbaum, 2007, p. 26). Focus groups and interviews with Air Force subject matter experts indicated that ample opportunities were provided inmost cases. However, additional opportunities to practice in joint exercises with the Army and Navy may increase awareness of other specific stressors. For example, understanding that different terminology, procedures, and equipment maybe encountered in a joint operation may help battlefield airmen to better prepare for these stressors.
