A Final Report on an Investigation of Deployment Related Factors of Performance and Psychosocial Adjustment

Abstract

Findings are reported on an investigation of the effects of deployment on the work and psychosocial adjustment of Navy personnel and their families. Participants included 2245 Navy personnel and 1155 spouses who completed a research questionnaire administered in the aviation, surface, and submarine fleets of the Atlantic fleet. The survey included general measures of life stress and family functioning, and items specifically related to deployment perceptions, attitudes, and responses. Reliability and factor-pattern loadings are reported for the deployment-specific scales created for this investigation. Discriminant function analyses, multiple regression analyses, and NANOVA's were employed to examine factors contributing to family coping, job performance, and intention to remain in the Navy. Based on these, checklists were developed to indicate potential for deployment problems. Keywords: Family separations; Family stress; Stress psychology.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA209181

Entities

People

  • Catherine W. Cauthorne
  • Robert P. Archer

Organizations

  • Eastern Virginia Medical School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Science
  • Factor Analysis
  • Families (Human)
  • Health Services
  • Information Science
  • Military Families
  • Military Research
  • Naval Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Psychology
  • Regression Analysis
  • Social Psychology
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Surveys

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

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