STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR TRAINING ON THE PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE OF RECRUITS / 解放军医学杂志

ABSTRACT

To explore the effects of the psychological behavior training on the recruits' physical performance. A total of 380 recruits selected from the Department of General Staff and missile troops were divided into experimental group and control group. The recruits of the experimental group undertook psychological behavior training before athletic exercises, including 3 000-meter running, grenade throwing, and push-up. The scores of these athletic exercises were compared between recruits of two groups. The results showed that the performance was improved in all the recruits, but the recruits of the experimental group made even greater improvement. The differences were statistically significant (P