Situational Interaction: A Peer Counseling Approach to AWOL (unauthorized Absences from Duty) Reduction

Abstract

An AWOL reduction program, which utilized peer counseling, was conducted with two randomly selected companies from a mechanized infantry battalion at Fort Carson, Colorado. Two randomly selected companies from the same brigade served as static control units. Employing the Taylor-Johnson Temperament Analysis (T-JTA), AWOL-prone soldiers were identified and were counseled initially by the unit chaplain and subsequently by platoon leaders. Platoon leaders identified situational aspects of AWOL-prone soldiers and interacted as mediators between environmental situations (e.g., money problems) and personal factors identified by the T-JTA. As a function of the intervention, the treated group showed a significant decline in AWOL rates while the control group did not. Results were discussed in terms of the efficiency of employing the Taylor-Johnson Temperament Analysis in conjunction with peer counseling to reduce AWOL rates.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADP003243

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  • C. Emilio
  • R. L. Durham

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  • University of Colorado, at Colorado Springs

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  • Human Systems

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  • Basic Training
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