Effects of social support and battle intensity on loneliness and breakdown during combat.

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“Day 40, I believe i may be going mad! Thought i heard voices this morning but no one there got the shakes again BAD. “

 

May be just something as simple as being in close non combative proximity to other players could trigger positive responses to introduced negative game factors such as uncontrollable shaking. visual and audio hallucinations as well as physical detractors of stress such as blood loss, thirst etc? This could used to foster non KOS play

 

 

"A sample of 382 Israeli soldiers who developed combat stress reactions (CSR) during the 1982 Israel-Lebanon War were compared with groups of carefully matched controls who did not develop CSR. Lack of social support from officers was found to be related to greater feelings of loneliness and greater likelihood of CSR in soldiers. Lack of social support from buddies was found to be related to greater loneliness. Intensity of battle was also found to be related to greater feelings of loneliness and increased likelihood of CSR. A path model was tested and supported. The model suggests that battle intensity and officer support lead to CSR directly and indirectly by causing increased feelings of loneliness

                Effects of social support and battle intensity on loneliness and breakdown during combat.

Solomon, Zahava; Mikulincer, Mario; Hobfoll, Stevan E.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol 51(6), Dec 1986, 1269-1276. dok"

Edited August 16, 2013 by CrayZee

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it's known that CSR is similar to acute stress disorder(the biggest differences are that CSR is a shorter term disease and the factors which cause it, also fatigue..) occurring between civilians..it changes the stress factor but the symptoms are almost the same..

combat intensity can mean in most cases a shell-shock form..strictly connected with CSR.

 

this article is interesting since the phenomenon is treated usually strictly from combat/events perspective, this social analysis brings something to think about..but there is a lot of literature about the social behaviour changes caused by military life..