The Army Family Research Program: First Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee

Abstract

The report of the first meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) includes a summary of the committee's comments on the Five-Research Plan and individual reports from three members of the committee--Philip Bobko, Walter Schumm, and Richard Berk. The SAC summary incorporates comments on the committee's mandate, the project's choice of research priorities, and the scientific community's suggestions on research perspectives for readiness, retention, family adaptation, and spouse employment, the key focus of the Army Family Research Program. In addition, the report outlines some methodological issues for the project to consider in completing the planned research. Foremost among these issues are longitudinal versus cross-sectional data collection strategies, qualitative versus quantitative methods, and linear versus expected curvilinear and interactive effects. Keywords: Army family research; Research methods; Readiness; Retention; Family adaptation; Spouse employment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA222441

Entities

People

  • Mady W. Segal

Organizations

  • RTI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Chaplains
  • Classification
  • Drug Abuse
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Families (Human)
  • Measurement
  • Military Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Security
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • Standards
  • Surveys

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Care for Military Service Members and Veterans with Limb Loss or Disability.