The Effects of Attendance at Initial Professional Military Education on the Personal Values of United States Air Force Officers

Abstract

The primary purpose of this research study was to determine if initial professional military education has any effect on personal values. More specifically, it was to determine if attendance at Squadron Officer School changes the personal values of junior Air Force officers to make them more congruent with the personal values of successful Air Force officers (students at Air War College). Two widely used instruments were used to obtain the data, the Allport, Vernon and Lindzey Study of Values, and the Rokeach Value Survey. Multivariate analyses of variance (MANOVAs) and one-way analyses of variance (ANOVAs) were used to analyze the data. The conclusions were that junior Air Force officers' personal values were in fact different from the personal values of successful Air Force officers, and attendance at Squadron Officer School changes the personal values of junior officers to make them more congruent with the personal values of successful officers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA168435

Entities

People

  • James L. Antenen

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Education
  • Human Behavior
  • Information Science
  • Military Education
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Students
  • Surveys
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Regression Analysis.