The Impact of Army and Family Factors on Individual Readiness
Abstract
The Army Family Research Program (AFRP) was initiated in Fall 1986 to examine the role that families play in the readiness of individual soldiers. The core research was a large-scale survey of Army soldiers and their units. Before the survey was administered, a series of preliminary analyses were conducted to reduce the number of survey variables to a subset that accurately accounted for the observed variation in individual readiness. The reduced set of variables was analyzed using LISREL within the framework of a model of individual readiness. The results of the analyses suggested that the most important family-related factor in individual readiness is the support that unit leaders provide to soldiers and their families. While, in general, individual characteristics were more important in the determination of soldier readiness than family characteristics, family characteristics did have significant indirect effects on readiness. Family characteristics also played a major role in the determination of intention to remain in the Army.... Soldier readiness, Unit leadership, Family research, Job satisfaction, Army families, Reenlistment
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADA269458
Entities
People
- Ani S. Difazio
- Robert Sadacca
- Rodney A. McCloy
Organizations
- RTI International