Jaydine Davis BScrim12E2

How does military training affect your personality?

Military basic training is a demanding scenario that might affect military

recruits' personality development. Although training professionals
report significant positive changes in recruits, limited scientific evidence
suggests that training may raise moderate psychopathology symptoms.
This study used a combination of between-groups and within-subjects
research designs to demonstrate that neuroticism decreased and
conscientiousness increased during basic training. Extraversion,
openness, and agreeableness were not affected by basic training. These
findings support the view of training personnel that basic training
fosters positive changes. Combined with the results of recent meta-
analyses of personality and job performance, the results indicate that
basic training graduates are better prepared psychologically to be
effective service members than they were when they entered the
service.