Traffic accidents kill thousands of people every year and leave other thousands unable to work or live a normal life. Those accidents bring not only damages for accident victims. Govern, society, victims and all people who pays taxes share the costs of those accidents. Waiselfisz (2013) states in his report that currently those accidents represent an overall cost of US$ 518 billion per year for the world population (p. 5). In Brazil, it is no different. According to the site Por vias Seguras (2014), only in 2013 more than 50 thousand people death and other 440 thousand people were unable. The Brazilian Army is facing the consequences of this large number of accidents. For a decade, the Brazilian Army has implemented training programs for its military become aware of the importance of driving with attention and safety; however, due to various factors it has not achieved the goals. Master Resilience Training could support in preventing …show more content…
S. Army and the University of Pennsylvania since 2009 (Reivich, Seligman, & McBride, 2011, p.4). MRT is a specific program based on positive psychology that focuses on people’s welfare through positive thinking and positive attitudes. Reivich, Seligman, & McBride (2011) explains that Master Resilience Training (MRT) is a program that consist in a 10 days course that teaches resilience skills to Non Commissioned Officers (NCO). MRT has the objective to train, teach resilience skills and capacitate Sergeants to teach those skills to their subordinates. Three components constitute MRT: preparation, support and enhancement. During the phase of preparation, MRT coaches teach the fundamentals of resilience (P. 1). Master Resilience Training covers six competences: "self-awareness, self-regulation, optimism, mental agility, strengths of character and connection" (Reivich, Seligman, & McBride, 2011, p. 4). MRT competences and their