Prediction of Success in Airborne Training

Abstract

Physical fitness, Airborne training success and a number of other trainee variables were related for nearly 4,000 Airborne trainees. Success in training was found to be strongly associated with trainee physical fitness as measured by Army Physical Fitness Test events and performance on a modified Harvard Step Test. Large group differences found in Airborne training success between males and females and among officers, cadets and enlisted trainees were paralleled by large differences in physical fitness between and among these groups. (Author)

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA136340

Entities

People

  • F. N. Dyer
  • W. P. Burke

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Army
  • Data Processing
  • Education
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Heart Rate
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Motivation
  • Physical Fitness
  • Schools
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Trainees
  • Training
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.