Posted on 01/04/2011 3:22:39 PM PST by decimon
EAST LANSING, Mich. — In the first combat-zone study of its kind, a research team led by Michigan State University found that soldiers with a positive outlook in the most traumatic situations were less likely to suffer health problems such as anxiety and depression.
The study, which surveyed Army troops fighting in Iraq, could have implications for police officers, firefighters and others who regularly deal with traumatic events such as death. Training these first-responders to think in less catastrophic terms could help them better cope with distressing events and function more effectively in the long term, said MSU’s John Schaubroeck, lead researcher on the project.
The study will be published in the January issue of the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology.
“There is evidence that if we can train people to be more psychologically resilient – that is, less catastrophic in their thinking and more optimistic and more hopeful – then they function better when they encounter traumatic situations,” said Schaubroeck, John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of psychology and management. “They may be less likely to experience symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder down the line, although we don’t know that for sure.”
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“The fact that you’re crying because you saw someone get shot and you can’t help them – it’s not unusual to be in that situation if you are a police officer,” Schaubroeck said. “Leaders need to be sensitive to this when debriefing people and not depend entirely on health professionals. Oftentimes when you bring in health professionals, it’s too late; the psychological situation has already gotten out of hand for the individual.”
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It would be an interesting contrast to see what the same study would say if it came out of UofM.
MSU isn’t a conservative school by any means but a comparison of the two makes MSU look like Hillsdale college.
Dunno. If there was any side agenda to the study then I didn’t see it here.
That was kinda my point. It appears to be a pretty straight forward agenda free study.
Okay.
If you haven’t noticed, there are a good number of people here seeing something hidden in most everything.
Well, thank god the new 5 hour pill was just developed for PTSD. /s
Methinks everyone is different and deals with stress in different ways. Not sure if ones “attitude” has anything to do with it.
Response: Agreed.
Comment: However, it is difficult not to believe in hidden agenda's in this highly politicized era.
Well their football team wasn’t too resilient against Bama.
You’ve got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
Don’t mess with Mister In-Between
Ah, what you really mean is...
LOL!
Summary: upbeat people less likely to be depressed!
It would be an interesting contrast to see what the same study would say if it came out of UofM.
MSU isn’t a conservative school by any means but a comparison of the two makes MSU look like Hillsdale college.
AS ALWAYS YOU NAILED IT. My kid went to Hillsdale.
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