The Relationship Between Initiative And Psychological Adaptation In The First Adaptation Period Of Recruits

The "first adaptation period" refers to the new training period(generally from October to December,a total of three months)after enlistment.Some of the new recruits,feeling that they have a hard time or a lot of training in the army,are starting to get out of the service,negatively impact on the other recruits,families,even the troops,which regarded as a passive process of adaptation.In fact,new recruits will actively adapt to the troops.In "first adaptive period",new recruits often study new knowledge proactively,understand the norms of troops,observe and imitate veterans' behaviors,which play an important role in the mental adaptation of new recruits.This study explores the relationship between the pattern of proactive behaviors and mental adaptation through a longitudinal study.Participants were 628 recruits(mean age=19.04±1.32)in a new training base of People's Armed Police.Proactive behaviors were measured twice in two months.The results showed that:(1)there were certain demographic characteristics in proactive behavior and mental adaptation of recruits;(2)the cross-lag analysis showed that mental adaptation and training burnout were in reciprocal causation;(3)proactive behaviors and outcomes played a chain mediating role in recruits' self-efficacy and mental adaptation;(4)two distinct groups were found:active type and passive type.Different patterns could be transformed from one another which influenced by parenting behavior.We should dynamically grasp the changing trend of proactive behaviors in "first adaptation period".The study provides new ideas for guiding recruits to adapt to the army voluntarily,in order to promote recruits' mental health and all-round development.