Predictors of Success in Basic Enlisted Submarine School,

Abstract

Attrition, academic performance, and adaptive personality changes were examined in two studies of students in the U.S. Navy's Basic Enlisted Submarine School at Groton, Connecticut. Academic aptitude, the quality of the students' homelife, previous school experience, and test anxiety were the primary factors which predicted academic achievement. Significant positive changes over the course of the program were noted in test anxiety, hostility, and depression indices. Implications of these findings for interventions in the program designed to increase the rate of student success were considered.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADP001365

Entities

People

  • Earl H. Potter Iii

Organizations

  • United States Coast Guard Academy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attrition
  • Behavior And Behavior Mechanisms
  • Connecticut
  • Continents
  • Depression
  • Geographic Regions
  • Hostility
  • Human Behavior
  • Intervention
  • North America
  • Personality
  • Submarines
  • United States
  • Virginia

Fields of Study

  • Education
  • Psychology

Readers

  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.
  • STEM Education