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Biopsychosocial Effects of the BOOT STRAP Intervention with Navy Recruits.

PB2008112229

Publication Date	2001
Personal Author	Williams, R. A.
Page Count	46
Abstract	The purpose of this prospective study was to investigate the effects of a cognitive-behavioral intervention called Boot Camp Survival Training for Navy Recruits-A Prescription (BOOT STRAP) on stress, depression, situational events, interpersonal factors, HPA functioning, and recruit training performance. A total of 801 recruits participated for the 9 weeks of their training. Approximately 80 male or female Navy recruits were randomly selected. A group of approximately 20 recruits in each division who scored at risk for depression were randomly assigned to the intervention or non-intervention groups and were followed throughout their training. The remaining recruits in each division served as a control group. The at-risk recruits differed significantly from controls on almost all of the study variables at the beginning of recruit training. Yet, the at-risk recruits who received the BOOT STRAP intervention significantly increased their sense of belonging, experienced less loneliness, used more problem-solving coping skills, and decreased insecure attachment by the end of recruit training. For the at-risk recruits who did not receive the intervention, scores were significantly different from the intervention group by the end of recruit training. Percentages of recruits successfully completing basic training were 84 percent of the controls, 86 percent of the intervention group, and only 74 percent of the non-treatment group.
Keywords	Social psychology Military personnel Recruits Intervention Military training Navy Behavior Cognition Stresses Depression Interpersonal factors Problem solving Skills Boot Camp Survival Training for Navy Recruits-A Prescription(BOOT STRAP)
Source Agency	TriService Nursing Research Program/Uniform Services Univ. of the Health Sciences
Corporate Authors	Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor. School of Nursing.; TriService Nursing Research Program, Bethesda, MD.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by TriService Nursing Research Program, Bethesda, MD.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept., 01 Jul 98 to 30 Jun 01.
NTIS Issue Number	200821

Biopsychosocial Effects of the BOOT STRAP Intervention with Navy Recruits.

Biopsychosocial Effects of the BOOT STRAP Intervention with Navy Recruits.
PB2008112229

Publication Date	2001
Personal Author	Williams, R. A.
Page Count	46
Abstract	The purpose of this prospective study was to investigate the effects of a cognitive-behavioral intervention called Boot Camp Survival Training for Navy Recruits-A Prescription (BOOT STRAP) on stress, depression, situational events, interpersonal factors, HPA functioning, and recruit training performance. A total of 801 recruits participated for the 9 weeks of their training. Approximately 80 male or female Navy recruits were randomly selected. A group of approximately 20 recruits in each division who scored at risk for depression were randomly assigned to the intervention or non-intervention groups and were followed throughout their training. The remaining recruits in each division served as a control group. The at-risk recruits differed significantly from controls on almost all of the study variables at the beginning of recruit training. Yet, the at-risk recruits who received the BOOT STRAP intervention significantly increased their sense of belonging, experienced less loneliness, used more problem-solving coping skills, and decreased insecure attachment by the end of recruit training. For the at-risk recruits who did not receive the intervention, scores were significantly different from the intervention group by the end of recruit training. Percentages of recruits successfully completing basic training were 84 percent of the controls, 86 percent of the intervention group, and only 74 percent of the non-treatment group.
Keywords	Social psychology Military personnel Recruits Intervention Military training Navy Behavior Cognition Stresses Depression Interpersonal factors Problem solving Skills Boot Camp Survival Training for Navy Recruits-A Prescription(BOOT STRAP)
Source Agency	TriService Nursing Research Program/Uniform Services Univ. of the Health Sciences
Corporate Authors	Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor. School of Nursing.; TriService Nursing Research Program, Bethesda, MD.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by TriService Nursing Research Program, Bethesda, MD.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept., 01 Jul 98 to 30 Jun 01.
NTIS Issue Number	200821