Study Rahe et al. (1976): study US 1971

Public

Navy recruits, followed 4 weeks, USA, 197?

Sample

Respondents

N = 117

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)

Correlate

Authors's Label

Succes in military training

Our Classification

Remarks

Underwater demolition team (UDT) training is a 4 month program with attrition rate of trainees between 30% and 70%. A pre-UDT program was designed to select and pretrain volunteer naval recruits during their last 4 weeks of a 9 week basic recruit training program.

Distribution

N= a:27, b:24, c:66

Operationalization

51 volunteers had completed 5 weeks of basic recruit training and spent next 4 weeks in special pre-Underwater Demolition Team training program; on the basis of test results at the end of week 4 of the training men were divided into pass and fail groups. 66 volunteers had also completed 5 weeks of basic recruit training and spent next 4 weeks in the Recruit Training Center choir program (control group).

Groups:
a. Pass
b. Fail
c. Control

Observed Relation with Happiness