Affect Levels in a Company of Basic Trainees

Abstract

Previous study of affect Levels in basic training platoons (Datel, et al., 1966; Datel & Engle, 1966) was extended to an entire company of recruits ( N = 140). Five platoons with 28 Ss each were repeatedly administered the weekly form of the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List (W-MAACL) throughout the basic combat training (BCT) process. An analysis of variance suitable for repeated measures on multiple groups was performed on transformed scores from the Anxiety, Depression, and Hostility scales obtained on 9 testing occasions. Scales, Occasions, and Scales × Occasions were statistically significant ( p < .001). There was no main or interaction effect of platoons. The findings suggest that reliable affect changes do occur in basic training and that these changes occur similarly across platoons. An attempt was made to formulate tentative inferences concerning affect measurement of basic training stress from the empirical data collected in the three Fort Dix studies. … humours turn with climes … Pope, Moral Essays