Social Environment and Stress Factors that Relate to Well- Being, Satisfaction and Attitudes Toward Retention and Deployability in Married and Single Parent Female Soldiers.
Abstract
Active duty female soldiers who were married, married with children, or single parents participated in this study. They completed questionnaires assessing various areas of functioning: family stress, work stress, interrole conflict, perceived social support, job and army life satisfaction, intent to stay on active duty, and attitudes toward deployment. The results indicated that stress variables were significantly associated with the adjustment indices to include intent to stay on active duty and attitudes toward retention. The most consistent predictors of adjustment were immediate work environment and global family stress and change. In addition, social support also was significantly correlated with both the stress and adjustment variables. Using only women who were mothers, the predictor variables significantly discriminated between those who were unlikely to stay on active duty versus those who were highly likely to stay on active, as well as those who had negative attitudes toward deployment versus those with positive attitudes toward deployment. The results are discussed in terms of their similarity to studies with civilian women, as well as their implications for methods to increase retention and readiness for deployment of active duty military women in dual roles.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADB225872
Entities
People
- Patti L. Johnson
Organizations
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center