Social Resilience in the Armed Forces

The Opportunity:

Social neuroscientist John Cacioppo sought out Arete support while working to submit a proposal to work with the U.S. Army to determine whether an intensive, well-designed training program can improve soldiers’ resilience and performance and increase the cohesion of military units, all the while reducing negative health effects and adverse social consequences.  Arete worked with Cacioppo to flesh out and propose the complex and multifaceted Social Awareness & Action Training program and with army leadership to figure out how a program could be integrated into military life.

What we did for them:

• Collaborate with external research partners on program development
• Evaluate feasibility of implementation to refine research strategy
• Engage federal funding agencies

Principal Investigator:  John Cacioppo