Optimizing military mental health and stress resilience training through the lens of trainee preferences: A conjoint analysis approach.

ABSTRACT: Effective mental health and stress resilience (MHSR) training is essential in military populations given their exposure to operational stressors. The scarcity of empirical evidence supporting the benefits of these programs emphasizes the need for research dedicated to program optimization. This paper aims to identify the relative importance of MHSR training attributes preferred by military members. Conjoint analysis (CA), an experimental method used to prioritize end-user preferences for product feature development, was conducted using an online survey with 567 Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) personnel. Participants made a series of choices between hypothetical MHSR training options that were systematically varied across seven training attributes. Each training attribute consisted of 3-4 varia

SUBMITTER: Forchuk CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12026029 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature