Acute stress responses in Chinese soldiers performing various military tasks

BACKGROUND: To examine Chinese soldiers’ acute stress responses, we did this study. METHODS: The soldiers completed the Acute Stress Response Scale (ASRS) when engaged in major tasks, such as earthquake rescue in Wenchuan, Sichuan, and maintaining social stability in Urumchi, Xinjiang. The ASRS has...

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Autores principales: Huang, Peng, Zhang, Tengxiao, Miao, Danmin, Zhu, Xia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4247674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25435903
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-4458-8-45
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: To examine Chinese soldiers’ acute stress responses, we did this study. METHODS: The soldiers completed the Acute Stress Response Scale (ASRS) when engaged in major tasks, such as earthquake rescue in Wenchuan, Sichuan, and maintaining social stability in Urumchi, Xinjiang. The ASRS has good reliability and validity. The study enrolled 1,832 male soldiers. RESULTS: The results showed significant differences among five dimensions and the overall response index when comparing four diverse military tasks. Further analysis found that reduced work efficiency and 24 symptom clusters were significantly positively correlated. CONCLUSIONS: The acute stress response of soldiers performing various tasks was influenced by many factors, including the task characteristics and external factors. In addition, the acute stress response affected their work efficiency.

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