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STRESS AND ANXIETY-RELATED PROBLEMS ARE SOME OF THE MOST COMMON AND COSTLY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IN SOCIETY. FOR THOSE WORKING IN OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS (I.E. ASTRONAUTS FLIGHT CONTROLLERS MILITARY) STRESS AND ANXIETY-RELATED PROBLEMS BEFORE DURING OR AFTER MISSIONS CAN SERIOUSLY COMPROMISE EFFICIENCY SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE. TO ADDRESS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES LIKE STRESS IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAXIMIZE THE PRIVACY VALIDITY AND ACCEPTABILITY OF THE COUNTERMEASURES USED. TECHNOLOGY-BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAMS (E.G. COMPUTER OR WEBBASED PROGRAMS) ARE EFFECTIVE FOR TREATING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. THESE PROGRAMS INCREASE AVAILABILITY OF EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT ABLE OR WILLING TO RECEIVE SUCH IN-PERSON TREATMENTS. OUR PRIOR RESEARCH VALIDATED THE AUTONOMOUS MULTIMEDIA RESILIENCE TRAINING PROGRAM WE CREATED (I.E. SMART-OP). RESULTS FROM A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL WITH A STRESSED BUT OTHERWISE HEALTHY SAMPLE (N=66) INDICATED THAT SMART-OP DECREASED PERCEIVED STRESS IMPROVED PERCEIVED CONTROL OVER STRESS AND WAS RATED AS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE USEFUL THAN AN ATTENTION CONTROL GROUP THAT RECEIVED MARKETED VIDEOS AND PUBLISHED MATERIAL ON STRESS MANAGEMENT. SMART-OP WAS ALSO RATED AS EXCELLENT IN TERMS OF USER-FRIENDLINESS HAD LOW DROPOUT AND HIGH HOMEWORK ADHERENCE. WE PROPOSE TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS USEFULNESS AND USABILITY OF SMART-OP WITH A SAMPLE OF FLIGHT CONTROLLERS AT JOHNSON SPACE CENTER BY COMPARING IT TO AN ATTENTION CONTROL GROUP THAT WILL READ INFORMATION AND WATCH VIDEOS ON STRESS MANAGEMENT. BASED ON SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE SFRM WORKING GROUP WE LEARNED THAT STRESS IS AN AREA OF CONCERN AND MAY IMPACT FLIGHT CONTROLLER PERFORMANCE AND WELL-BEING. SINCE SMART-OP SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED PERCEIVED STRESS INCREASED PERCEIVED CONTROL OVER STRESSORS AND WAS RATED AS HIGHLY USEFUL SMART-OP COULD PROVIDE HELPFUL STRESS TRAINING FOR FLIGHT CONTROLLERS. ALSO SINCE SMART-OP IS EVIDENCE-BASED CONFIDENTIAL AND SELF-DIRECTED IT MAY BE MORE ACCEPTABLE TO FLIGHT CONTROLLER TRAINEES THAN OTHER PROGRAMS.

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