Changes in mood, fatigue, sleep, cognitive performance and stress hormones among instructors conducting stressful military captivity survival training

Physiology & Behavior
Oshin VartanianBob Cheung

Abstract

Numerous studies have examined the effects of captivity survival training on psychological and physiological function in trainees. In the present study we shifted the focus to instructors, and measured the effects that the delivery of training exerts on their levels of stress and performance. Because instructors are called upon to perform difficult duties (e.g., mock interrogations) under extreme conditions, we hypothesized that significant increases in psychological and physiological indices of stress would occur due to training. In addition, as part of their job tasking, the instructors conducted courses in consecutive weeks. This offered a unique and ecologically valid opportunity to assess carryover of stress from one week to the next. We hypothesized stress levels would be higher in the second than the first week of training. Our first hypothesis was supported: Delivering training was associated with impairments in mood, fatigue, and sleep, as well as a reduction in the ratio of testosterone/cortisol level in blood. Our second hypothesis was largely not supported as a 3-day break separating consecutive courses appeared sufficient for restoring psychological and physiological function. Our results demonstrate that although ...Continue Reading

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