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In the midst of the problems and stress of wartime shipping, it has been a source of satisfaction to observe the experiments and progress in psychobiology growing from the intensive medical program of the War Shipping Administration.
Psychologists and psychiatrists, working together, have gained such a comprehensive understanding of the mental and emotional problems of the seagoing man that the program has had a potent influence throughout the entire Merchant Marine.
From the day a man applies at an enrolling office for training in the Maritime Service, he is affected by the psychobiological program. He is given preliminary personality screenings at an enrolling office, more elaborate study at the training station, and individual examination before each voyage throughout his wartime shipping career.
The mental health and the high morale of men who survive this careful selective process are maintained through a carefully planned program of orientation, of leadership training, and of group and individual therapy. Too much cannot be said for the part that psychobiology has played in bringing about a healthy, vigorous, and capable wartime Merchant Marine.
It is hoped that this book, compiled by men who have developed and carried on the program, will not only present new scientific approaches in the study of human behavior, but will also give us all a deeper understanding and insight into the character of the men of the Merchant Marine.
EDWARD MACAULEY, Captain, USN ret.
Acting Chairman, United States Maritime Commission
WASHINGTON DC,
March 1946
This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the original Stanford University Press publication (ISBN: 0804740380)
ORIGIN OF THE PSYCHOBIOLOGICAL PROGRAM OF 13
THE PSYCHOBIOLOGICAL PROGRAM OF THE WAR SHIP 32
THE PSYCHOBIOLOGICAL PROGRAM AT THE UNITED 61
THE PSYCHOBIOLOGICAL PROGRAM AT THE UNITED 67
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MARITIME SERVICE 89
A STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE MARITIME 101
A STUDY OF THE HARROWERERICKSON MULTIPLE 115
DISENROLLMENTS AND SURVIVAL PREDICTABILITY 135
LEADERSHIP TRAINING By Judd Marmor 235
A METHOD OF LEADERSHIP SELECTION 249
PSYCHOBIOLOGY FOR THE PURSERPHARMACISTS 255
THE TRAININGSTATION RECORDS AND POSTGRAD 263
STATISTICAL AND RELATED ADMINISTRATIVE PRO 283
THE PSYCHOBIOLOGICAL PROGRAM IN RETROSPECT 309
A MARITIME SERVICE INVENTORY 321
B A COURSE IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND LEADERSHIP 338
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A STUDY OF 500 CONSECUTIVE TRAINEES IN 151
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN THE TRAINING OF 16
CHARACTERISTICS OF 500 ACTIVE WARTIME 173
LITERACY OF AMERICAN MERCHANT SEAMEN 197
CHARACTERISTICS OF 200 ACTIVE MERCHANT 203
CHARACTERISTICS OF 200 UNLICENSED AMERICAN 211
GROUP EDUCATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH 221
A SERVICE NEWSPAPER AS A MENTALHYGIENE 229