Attitudes Towards the Cold: Effects on Psychological Mood and Subjective Reports of Illness during Cold Weather Training

Abstract

The present study examined the influence of soldiers' attitudes toward the cold, expectations concerning living and working in the cold, and subjective reports of psychological stress on subsequent symptoms of physical illness and psychological mood during military training in the cold. Keywords: Cold weather; Psychology; Mood; Symptoms; ESQ; POMS; Mountain warfare, Illness; Training; Stress; Fatigue; Attitude.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA194777

Entities

People

  • Donna J. Mcmenemy
  • Laurence G. Branch
  • Richard F. Johnson

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Biological Sciences
  • Education
  • Health Services
  • Heat Energy
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Military Science
  • Military Tactics
  • Military Training
  • Pain
  • Psychology
  • Regression Analysis
  • Students
  • Therapy
  • United States
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology
  • Organizational Psychology.