Table 4.
Soldier intervention in response to witnessing a team member exhibit acute stress reaction (ASR) symptomsa
| Responses | Study group subsamples | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample 1: previously deployed (n = 96) | Sample 2: currently deployed (n = 207) | |||
| n | % | n | % | |
| Was uncertain how to respond | 7 | 7.3 | 34 | 16.4 |
| Tried to calm them down by speaking quietly to them | 24 | 25.0 | 104 | 50.2 |
| Yelled at them to get them to snap out of it | 32 | 33.3 | 47 | 22.7 |
| Shook them/hit them/pushed them | 15 | 15.6 | 17 | 8.2 |
| Directed them to perform a simple task | 35 | 36.5 | 65 | 31.4 |
| Told them what was happening | 18 | 18.8 | 50 | 24.2 |
| Assertively got their attention | 20 | 20.8 | 66 | 31.9 |
| Got someone else to help | 12 | 12.5 | 77 | 37.2 |
a.
Subsamples represent all those participants who reported they witnessed an ASR in team members in sample 1 (n = 98) and sample 2 (n = 219). Within these subsamples, data were missing for two soldiers (2.0%) in sample 1, and 12 soldiers (5.5%) in sample 2. Participants were asked to indicate their response to the following: ‘During a significant combat related event, when I encountered a service member who had difficulty functioning because of mental stress, I…’ Individuals were instructed to select all those responses that applied, thus numbers could add up beyond the total sample.