APPENDIX A

VIEWGRAPH MASTERS

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 TYPES OF Physical and Mental Stressors
PHYSICAL STRESSORS MENTAL STRESSORS

ENVIRONMENTAL COGNITIVE
INFORMATION: TOO MUCH, TOO LITTLE
HEAT, COLD, WETNESS, AMBIGUITY, UNCERTAINTY, ISOLATION,
VIBRATION, NOISE, BLAST TIME PRESSURE VERSUS WAITING,
HYPOXIA (INSUFICCIENT OXYGEN), UNPREDICTABILITY, RULES OF
INFECTIOUS AGENTS, PHYSICAL WORK, ENGAGEMENT, DIFFICULT, ETC.
ETC
EMOTIONAL
PHYSIOLOGICAL
FEAR- AND ANXIETY-PRODUCING
THREATS, GRIEF-PRODUCING
SLEEP DEBT, DEHYDRATION
LOSSES,RESENTMENT, ANGER- AND
MALNUTRITION, POOR HYGIENE,
RAGE-BOREDOM-PRODUCING
MUSCULAR AND AEROBIC FATIGUE,
INACTIVITY, INTERPERSONAL
ILLNESS OR INJURY, ETC. FEELINGS, SPIRITUAL
CONFRONTATION OR TEMPTATION
CAUSING LOSS OF FAITH, ETC.

NOTE: THE ABOVE STRESSORS MAY ACT SINGLY OR INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER TO BE COMBAT STRESSORS.

NOTE: Use this VGT to conduct discussion of Combat Stress Behavior material found in Student Handout.
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 Combat Stress Behaviors
COMBAT STRESS BEHAVIORS

ADAPTIVE DYSFUNCTIONAL COMBAT STRESS BEHAVIORS

POSITIVE MISCONDUCT
COMBAT STRESS STRESS BEHAVIORS BATTLE FATIGUE
BEHAVIORS AND CRIMINAL ACTS

POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

NOTE: Use this VGT to conduct discussion of Combat Stress Behavior material found in Student Handout.

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 FACTORS THAT PROTECT
AGAINST
MISCONDUCT STRESS BEHAVIOR
• HIGH UNIT COHESION
• TOUGH, REALISTIC TRAINING
• LEADERS RECOGNIZE BATTLE FATIGUE/MISCONDUCT
STRESS BEHAVIORS
• UNIT’S WITHDRAWN TO REST AND REFIT
• LEADERS SHOW CARING (PHYSICAL, MENTAL
SPIRITUAL)
• LEADERS KEEP TROOPS INFORMED
• LEADERS CONDUCT AARs
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 CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO BATTLE FATIGUE

• SUDDEN EXPOSURE - FEAR, SHOCK, LIFE & DEATH

• CUMULATIVE EXPOSURE

• PHYSICAL STRESSORS AND STRESS SYMPTOMS

• HOME FRONT AND PRE-EXISTING PROBLEMS

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