Military Recruit Training: An Arena for Stress Coping Skills.

Abstract

This report characterizes the sequence of experiences involved in Marine Corps recruit training and describes a coping skills intervention aimed at aiding the adjustment of recruits to stress. The intervention, in the form of a videotape Making It, was shown to samples of Marine recruits. Other recruits received control and comparison conditions. The results of the research suggested that Making It had a salutary effect on the expectations and adjustment of recruits. The research is discussed within the context of theories of stress and cognitive-behavioral interventions. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 27, 1981
Accession Number
ADA097816

Entities

People

  • Irwin G. Sarason
  • Raymond W. Novaco
  • Thomas M. Cook

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attrition
  • Basic Training
  • Business Administration
  • Cognition
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Instructions
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Military Training
  • Organizational Structure
  • Psychological Adaptation
  • Psychology
  • Second World War
  • Stress (Physiology)
  • Students
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.
  • Systems Analysis and Design