It doesn’t take much for soldiers to feel cared for

Friday, February 15, 2019 - 09:20 in Psychology & Sociology

A soldier named Jerome Motto received caring letters from home in World War II. They helped boost his spirits and later led to one of the nation’s first successful suicide interventions. Today, with military personnel being more mobile, researchers tested out the effectiveness of caring texts sent to active-duty military. The study of 658 randomized participants […]

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