ABSTRACT
The purpose of this chapter is to discuss stress training – training that is designed to counter stress effects. Despite the general tendency for authors to note the lack of progress in any given field, we feel that research on stress training has been quite promising. In fact, we know a great deal more about stress training than we did a decade ago. There have been a number of valuable books (Cannon-Driskell and Salas, 1996; Bowers and Salas, 1998), book chapters (Johnston and CannonBowers, 1996; Keinan and Friedland, 1996), technical reports (Staal, 2004; Helmus and Glenn, 2005; Kavanagh, 2005), and research articles (Saunders et al., 1996; Morris, Hancock and Shirkey, 2004) that represent a considerable advance over previous conceptualizations of stress training.
