Accession Number:

ADA616373

Title:

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

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Nov 2011-Sep 2012

Corporate Author:

ARMY RESEARCH INST FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES FORT BELVOIR VA

Personal Author(s):

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

Report Date:

2015-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

46.0

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.

Descriptors:

• *COMBAT READINESS
• *RESILIENCE
• METRICS
• MILITARY PERSONNEL
• MILITARY TRAINING
• STATISTICS
• TEAMS(PERSONNEL)
• VALIDATION

Subject Categories:

• Psychology
• Military Forces and Organizations

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE