Determinants of Sickness in Marine Recruits: A Replication

Abstract

Previous research had shown that platoons in Marine Corps basic training had different illness rates. Further, high rates of illness in one diagnostic category were correlated with high rates in another diagnostic category. The data also indicated that platoon differences became more pronounced during the course of training. These facts led to the suggestion that a general factor, such as an emergent social climate within platoons, might be influencing illness rates. As part of a program investigating the effects of stress on recruits, an attempt was made to replicate these findings while correcting possible methodological influences on the results from the earlier study. If the results could be replicated, stress differences could be investigated as a possible contributing factor to platoon illness rate differences.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA104815

Entities

People

  • Marine T. Wallick
  • Michael A. Haight
  • Ross R. Vickers
  • Terry L. Conway

Organizations

  • Naval Health Research Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Basic Training
  • Biomedical Research
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Environment
  • Health Services
  • Human Behavior
  • Infection
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Marine Corps
  • Numbers
  • Probability
  • Social Environment
  • Social Sciences
  • Square Roots
  • Training
  • Wound Infections

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.
  • Underwater engineering and Marine Technology.