EFFECTS OF INDUCED STRESS IN A NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL
Abstract
Stressful conditions were introduced during a three-week period in a U. S. Naval Parachute Rigger School. The trainees subjected to these conditions (experimental group) were compared with similar trainees who were not subjected to these conditions (control group) in terms of (1) grades on the practice, performance, and written tests regularly administered at the school during the three-week period, and (2) performance in a later stressful situation (a written test administered in an aircraft just prior to a free-fall parachute jump). For the analysis, the experimental and control groups were each divided into high and low ability groups in terms of the school entrance test requirements. Results were that (1) the experimental groups obtained generally significantly higher test grades than the control groups during the three-week period, (2) there was no difference between the experimental and control groups in performance in the later stressful situation, and (3) the imposed stressful conditions did not have different effects on the high and low ability groups. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1962
- Accession Number
- AD0284679
Entities
People
- Sol Klier
- Wallace Schneider
Organizations
- New York University