Assessment of Commitment to Equal Opportunity Goals in the Military

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the commitment to equal opportunity (EO) goals by students training to be military EO advisors at the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI). This included the measurement of the validity and reliability of DEOMI's attitude instrument, the Interpersonal Skills Development Evaluation (ISDE). The research paradigm used focuses on attitude measurement through the interrelationships of affective, motivational, and cognitive variables (cf. Klinger, 1988). Cue words associated with various categories, including EO issues (e.g., discrimination, racism), were presented to DEOMI students and rated on association with current concerns and emotional arousal evoked (two variable related to goal commitment). After the ratings, students were asked to recall (unexpected free-recall) as many of these words as they could. The relative ratings and relative free-call for the EO words were not significantly correlated with the ISDE ratings for the DEOMI students. Reliability of the ISDE was shown to be moderately low. Suggestions for improving the validity and reliability of the ISDE are offered.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1988
Accession Number
ADA207432

Entities

People

  • Carl A. Bartling

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cognition
  • Data Analysis
  • Discrimination
  • Education
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Judgment
  • Measurement
  • Military Personnel
  • Motivation
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Students
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Thinking
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Education
  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Organizational Psychology.