Predicting the Military Effectiveness of Naval Enlistees Returned to Duty from the Psychiatric Sick-List,
Abstract
A measure of four-year military effectiveness was obtained for a sample of 140 naval enlistees who had been admitted to the psychiatric sick-list during their first enlistments and subsequently returned to duty. Forty-four predictor variables were derived from pre-service, early training, and illness data and correlated with the criterion. Forty-three per cent of the return-to-duty patients rendered effective service. Eleven of the predictors were found to be significantly related to the criterion. Four of these - education, months of active duty prior to hospitalization, number of siblings, and chronicity of illness - accounted for unique criterion variance, with a composite validity of 0.54. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0884239
Entities
People
- George R. Bowen
- Jerry M. Goffman
- John A. Plag