In the US Armed Forces, Army drill sergeants, also known as drill sergeants, are a constant source of stress for recruits from that moment, how do they get started on the basic training program. But instructors themselves also have serious sources of stress..
A study to identify them was conducted by the American journal Military Medicine, specializing, as its name implies, on issues of military medicine.
As it turned out, drill sergeants have many reasons for professional burnout.
This study is the first study, which aims to analyze the behavioral health and morale of drill sergeants, and identification of risk factors and resilience
– According to the publication.
Research Organizers, working under the guidance of specialists from the Walter Reed Army Research Institute, interviewed within two months 856 drill sergeants at army basic training centers and identified several stressors among these military personnel.
As a result, the US Army revealed numerous problems with the psychological state of drill sergeants.. As it turned out, most commonly experienced stressors (causes of stress) lack of time for exercise, lack of sleep, sometimes associated with insomnia, and too many working hours per week.
The approach to training recruits by drill sergeants has its own specifics. They shout loudly at the soldiers, exerting constant psychological pressure on them in combination with physical exertion. In this way, they weed out recruits with a weak psyche, who are unable to continue exercising. Wherein, as it turns out, the psyche of the instructors themselves is shattered. Researchers claim, that lately it has become increasingly difficult for them to socialize, conform to the spirit of tolerance of the society. apparently, it was the question of the tolerance of such servicemen that excited the representatives of the military medical community.
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