The study explores the reasons for the resignation from the United States Army among graduates of the United States Military Class of 1966. It seeks to determine reasons for resignations, quality of resignees compared with nonresignees, and what can be done to reduce resignations of Academy graduates. Through questionnaires and personal…

Reports on a survey of three groups--military field press censors, senior military officers, and college students--concerning their attitudes toward censorship and the mass media. (GW)

The purpose of this book is to introduce the research on readability, defined here as reading ease. The first part of the book covers how people read. A series of national literacy surveys show that the average person in the U.S. and most other countries are adults of limited reading skills. For example, the average adult in the U.S. reads at the…

This study extends the investigation of professionals' reasons for participation in continuing education beyond personal and practice-based factors into the arena of organizational structure and culture. The Participation Reasons Scale (PRS) and the Respondent Information Form (RIF) were used to examine the motives influencing Army Engineers…

This study investigates the relative effects of financial and other incentives on the willingness of Army families to extend overseas tours of duty in Europe and touches on some of the underlying reasons why families choose not to extend. A survey was prepared to assess the relative effects of a $50, $100, or $200 per month bonus or a one-time…

Symposium papers presented are: (1) The Perspective of a Testing Psychologist Who Conducts Orientation Programs for New Test Constructors by Walter Birdsall; (2) The Perspective of a Military Supervisor of Test Constructors Who Are Temporarily Brought in from the Field to Write Tests by David Vaughn; (3) The Perspective of a Civilian Test…

The report constitutes a comprehensive review of the literature related to career motivation and selection procedures. It surveyed the reported techniques for measuring career motivation and interest which were used by 24 industrial firms, 14 personnel and management consulting organizations, 8 marketing research firms, and various governmental…

The purpose of this research was to determine the optimum means of identifying personnel qualified to perform Aviation 3M Data Analysis. Resolution of this objective involved the identification of numerous problem areas contributing to the instability of the Data Analysis work force and the scarcity of personnel in that work force. The approach…

A survey of 1,060 male and 305 female soldiers examined associations of gender-related personality attributes with a history of child maltreatment. Childhood abuse was associated with the presence of negative gender-related attributes; childhood neglect was associated with absence of positive gender-related attributes; childhood sexual abuse was…

As requested, the General Accounting Office conducted a survey in Feburary 1988 of military installations with child development centers in the continental United States. It was found that the Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps had a combined capacity to serve about 62,000 children at one time at the 215 installations responding. This figure…

In February 1972 the U. S. Army Medical Field Service School will commence training a new category of health personnel, to be known as the physicians' assistant. This type of allied health personnel will be an assistant to the physician, trained to do many of the traditional tasks usually performed by a physician, but requiring less education.…

This study was designed to determine the predictability of an officer's career decision and to evaluate relationships between career intent, various demographic, environmental and attitudinal factors, and career status. Survey data were collected from individuals before they entered active duty, and annually, through five years of active military…

This report of Phase II of a two-phase research project designed to investigate reasons for drug use summarizes interview information concerning military job performance effects of drug use, and attitudes toward and knowledge of drug treatment and rehabilitation among servicemen. Major reasons given for the initial use of marijuana in the military…

The U. S. Army Dental Corps has implemented a formal program based on the concept that dental care can be more efficiently and effectively provided with treatment teams composed of one dental officer, two dental therapy assistants, one basic assistant, and the shared support of other auxiliary personnel. Such a team will use three dental treatment…