Relationship of Military Environments to Stress and Performance

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to develop and test a method for assessing the social climate of military training companies and determine the relationship between enlistment men's perceptions of their company environments, feelings of stress, and performance. A total of 32 training companies at Fort Ord, California was given the Military Company Environment Indes (MCEI) over a two-year period. Results showed that a final factor analyzed version of the MCEI could be developed whose scales were significantly related to feelings of stress and also to military performance. The most important aspect of the environment associated with stress and also to military performance. The most important aspect of the environment associated with stress and performance was peer support. The major military implication is that the MCEI can assist command to assess company environments and develop procedure to increase company effectiveness.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0733933

Entities

People

  • Stanley R. Clemes

Organizations

  • Mental Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Basic Training
  • Birds
  • Data Science
  • Factor Analysis
  • Hostility
  • Human Behavior
  • Leadership
  • Military Training
  • New York
  • Personality
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Psychology
  • Social Environment
  • Social Psychology
  • Trainees
  • Training

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