Military Recruit Training: An Arena for Stress Coping Skills

摘要

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)