Examining Ambient Stress Effects on Military Readiness, Attachment, and Well-Being

Abstract

We propose ambient stress as a new group-level stress construct. We compared individual and ambient stressor effects on soldier readiness, attachment, and well-being in a large military sample. Both types of stressors accounted for unique variance in several individual outcomes. We discuss implications for research and military personnel management.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 06, 2002
Accession Number
ADA401615

Entities

People

  • Jeffrey L. Thomas
  • Jennifer Sommers
  • Robert R. Sinclair

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Applied Psychology
  • Attachment
  • Combat Readiness
  • Families (Human)
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • New York
  • Personnel Management
  • Physical Fitness
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Social Psychology
  • United States
  • Workload

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Marine Mammal Biology
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.