Accession Number:

ADA512744

Title:

Behavioral Predictors of Acute Stress Symptoms During Intense Military Training

Descriptive Note:

Journal article

Corporate Author:

NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER SAN DIEGO CA

Personal Author(s):

• Taylor, Marcus K.
• Mujica-Parodi, Lilianne R.
• Padilla, Genieleah A.
• Markham, Amanda E.
• Potterat, Eric G.
• Momen, Nausheen
• Sander, Todd C.
• Larson, Gerald E.

Report Date:

2009-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

8.0

Abstract:

We examined predictors of peritraumatic dissociative states PDS and quantified the link between PDS and the subsequent psychological impact of stressful events during extreme military stress. A regression model examining biological predictors of dissociative states indicated that sympathetic cardiac modulation during sleep accounted for 9.6 of the variance in PDS. In a second regression model examining behavioral predictors of PDS, perceived stress and coping styles combined to account for 47.2 of the PDS variance. PDS was positively associated with subsequently experienced avoidance p .001, hyperarousal p .01, and a total psychological impact of events score p .01. Sympathetic cardiac modulation, perceived stress, and coping styles are associated with PDS, which, in turn, influences subsequent psychological impact of stressful events.

Descriptors:

• *MILITARY TRAINING
• *STRESS(PSYCHOLOGY)
• POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
• SURVIVAL(PERSONNEL)
• DISSOCIATION
• PREDICTIONS
• REPRINTS
• SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

Subject Categories:

• Psychology
• Military Forces and Organizations

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE