ABSTRACT

U.S. Army Ranger School is an arduous 64-day leadership training course designed to simulate the stressors of combat. Although physical fitness has been shown to be an important predictor of successful graduation for Ranger School, psychosocial characteristics like self-efficacy and grit have not been examined. The purpose of this study is to identify personal, psychosocial, and fitness characteristics associated with successful completion of Ranger School. This study was a prospective cohort examining the association of baseline characteristics of Ranger School candidates with a primary outcome of graduation success. Multiple logistic regression was performed to determine the contribution of demographics, psychosocial, fitness and training characteristics to graduation success. Out of 958 eligible Ranger Candidates, this study obtained graduation status for 670 students, 270 (40%) of which graduated. Soldiers who graduated were younger, more likely to come from units with a higher proportion of previous Ranger School graduates, had higher self-efficacy and faster 2-mile run times. The results from this study suggest that Ranger students should arrive in optimal physical conditioning. Furthermore, training programs that optimize student self-efficacy and units with a high proportion of successful Ranger graduates may confer advantage for this challenging leadership course.

摘要

美国陆军游骑兵学校是一门为期 64 天的艰苦领导力培训课程，旨在模拟战斗压力源。尽管身体健康已被证明是游骑兵学校成功毕业的重要预测因素，但自我效能和毅力等社会心理特征尚未得到检验。本研究的目的是确定与成功完成游骑兵学校相关的个人、社会心理和健康特征。这项研究是一项前瞻性队列研究，研究了游骑兵学校候选人的基线特征与毕业成功的主要结果之间的关系。进行多重逻辑回归以确定人口统计、社会心理、健康和培训特征对毕业成功的贡献。在 958 名符合资格的游骑兵候选人中，这项研究共有 670 名学生获得毕业资格，其中 270 名（40%）毕业。毕业的士兵更年轻，更有可能来自以前游骑兵学校毕业生比例较高的部队，具有更高的自我效能感和更快的 2 英里跑步时间。这项研究的结果表明，游骑兵学生应该达到最佳的身体状况。此外，优化学生自我效能的培训计划以及拥有高比例成功游骑兵毕业生的单位可能会为这一具有挑战性的领导力课程带来优势。这项研究的结果表明，游骑兵学生应该达到最佳的身体状况。此外，优化学生自我效能的培训计划以及拥有高比例成功游骑兵毕业生的单位可能会为这一具有挑战性的领导力课程带来优势。这项研究的结果表明，游骑兵学生应该达到最佳的身体状况。此外，优化学生自我效能的培训计划以及拥有高比例成功游骑兵毕业生的单位可能会为这一具有挑战性的领导力课程带来优势。