The Relationship between the Perceived Level of Organizational Support for Families and Spouse Satisfaction with Military Life

Abstract

This research supports The Army Family Action Plans (1984-1989) by examining the relationship of satisfaction with the perceived level of organizational support for families and overall satisfaction with military life among civilian spouses of Army members. The report is based on an analysis of the responses of 2,814 Army spouses tot he 1985 DOD Survey of Military Spouses. The relationship of satisfaction with perceived organizational support for families to overall satisfaction with the military as a way of life was analyzed for four categories of Army spouses: spouses without children married to enlisted members, spouses with children married to enlist members, spouses without children married to officers, and spouses with children married to officers. To assess the unique contribution of the independent variable to overall civilian spouse satisfaction with the military way of life, fifteen subdomains of satisfaction relating to the military way of life were used as control variables, as were the gender of respondent and pay grade of the military spouse. Keywords: Organizational support; Family environment; Family progress; Satisfaction with Army life; Community; Family members; Attitudes; Military personnel.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA219925

Entities

People

  • Gary L. Bowen
  • Peter A. Neenan

Organizations

  • RTI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Army Personnel
  • Classification
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Centers
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Families (Human)
  • Information Science
  • Military Families
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • Personnel Management
  • Regression Analysis
  • Social Sciences
  • Surveys

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

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  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.