Preparing Brigade Combat Team Soldiers for Mission Readiness Through Research on Intangible Psychological Constructs and their Applications: Validation and Pilot

Abstract

The U.S. Army Research Institute is developing and piloting measures of Soldier initiative and perseverance to enhance Soldier mental toughness and readiness for their assigned mission set. Potential uses of the measures are to both assess and develop Soldier initiative and perseverance as part of their individual and collective unit training. In the current research, evidence for construct validity was gathered by administering measures of initiative and perseverance to 151 Soldiers. Additional evidence for construct validity and the usability of the measures in the field was obtained by conducting a pilot test with 10 noncommissioned officers serving in positions of acting squad leader during Medical Simulation Training Center training lanes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2015
Accession Number
ADA616373

Entities

People

  • Christopher L. Vowels
  • Kenneth Nicely
  • Michael A. Lodata
  • Stephen N. Aude

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Data Analysis
  • Descriptive Analytics
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Factor Analysis
  • High Reliability
  • Literature Surveys
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Noncommissioned Officers
  • Simulations
  • Social Sciences
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Toughness
  • Training
  • Validation

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).