Psychological Sex Role Identification Types and Deployment Related Satisfaction and Retention

Abstract

A longitudinal design was utilized to examine the effects s of sex- role identification on adaptation to deployment. Overall, as predicted,sexrole identification was related to general satisfaction, job satisfaction, and career intent. Further, the scores on these variables varies as a function of stage of deployment with the general pattern being a decline from predeployment until the later stages of deployment with little recovery in the predeployment phase. Despite changes in both the Navy and in the large society, individuals who are higher in masculine-identified characteristics, whether scoring in the masculine or androgynous quadrants of the Bem Sex Role Inventory typology, adapt best to deployment. Keywords: Family separation; deployment; Adaptation; ex-role identification; Family policy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 22, 1987
Accession Number
ADA210940

Entities

People

  • J. Marlowe
  • L. S. Nelson
  • P. Moore

Organizations

  • Mental Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Contracts
  • Deployment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Families (Human)
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Military Families
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Psychiatry
  • Schools
  • Security
  • Social Psychology
  • Students
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Gender and Food Studies
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.