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. 2025 Feb 12;11(1):137–147. doi: 10.3138/jmvfh-2023-0104

Table 4.

Frequency of soldier and spouse responses to how useful each DCRT skill or concept was for pre-deployment or reintegration training received

No. (%) of responses
Not at all useful Slightly useful Somewhat useful Very useful Extremely useful Don’t recall the skill
Soldier pre-deployment training; n = 243–244






Big Chill 7 (2.9) 15 (6.1) 65 (26.6) 78 (32.0) 63 (25.8) 16 (6.6)
ATC/Controlling your thoughts 4 (1.6) 15 (6.2) 45 (18.5) 91 (37.4) 76 (31.3) 12 (4.9)
Hunt the Good Stuff 5 (2.1) 10 (4.1) 43 (17.7) 79 (32.5) 84 (34.6) 22 (9.1)
Grounding 1 (0.4) 8 (3.3) 42 (17.3) 85 (35.0) 74 (30.5) 33 (13.6)
Deliberate Breathing
4 (1.6)
11 (4.5)
46 (18.9)
74 (30.5)
79 (32.5)
29 (11.9)
Soldier reintegration training; n = 46–47






Acceptance 5 (10.6) 5 (10.6) 15 (31.9) 12 (25.5) 8 (17.0) 2 (4.3)
Hunt the Good Stuff
6 (13.0)
6 (13.0)
12 (26.1)
14 (30.4)
7 (15.2)
1 (2.2)
Spouses pre-deployment training; n = 279–282; classes = 3






Negativity Bias 3 (1.1) 15 (5.4) 52 (18.6) 117 (41.8) 89 (31.8) 4 (1.4)
Big Chill 3 (1.1) 8 (2.9) 33 (11.8) 122 (43.6) 113 (40.4) 1 (0.4)
Hunt the Good Stuff 2 (0.7) 9 (3.2) 29 (10.4) 113 (40.5) 125 (44.8) 1 (0.4)
Deliberate Breathing
9 (3.2)
24 (8.6)
59 (21.1)
97 (34.8)
89 (31.9)
1 (0.4)
Spouse reintegration training; n = 17; classes = 2






Active Constructive Responding 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 10 (58.8) 7 (41.2) 0 (0.0)
Acceptance 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (5.9) 11 (64.7) 5 (29.4) 0 (0.0)

ATC = Activating Event, Thought, Consequences.