| Human Dimensions Baseline Assessment of the 75th Ranger Regiment |
NOV 1998 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas W. Britt; WALTER REED ARMY INST OF RESEARCH WASHINGTON DC
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 | Presents the results of a baseline assessment of the 75th Ranger Regiment on the human dimensions of work environment, sources of stress, horizontal and vertical cohesion, and the outcome variables of combat readiness, job satisfaction, Army commitment, and psychological health. The responses of the Rangers on these dimensions were compared to two samples of Infantry soldiers. In comparison to the Infantry units, Rangers reported less stress as a function of ... |
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| Responsibility, Morale, and Commitment during Military Operations |
30 APR 96 |
3 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas W. Britt; ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT EUROPE
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| The 'Triangle Model of Responsibility' is a general model of responsibility and self-engagement that provides a framework for service member responsibility and commitment in diverse missions. The model suggests the following factors as promoting strong feelings of responsibility, commitment, and morale during deployments: Rule Clarity (a clear set of rules details what is required for superior performance), Mission Relevance (the soldier views the mission as relevant to his or her ... |
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| Soldier Beliefs About Peacekeeping Operations as Predictors of Depression, Morale, and Responsibility |
22 FEB 96 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas W. Britt; Amy B. Adler; Margaret A. Moore; Paul T. Bartone; WALTER REED ARMY INST OF RESEARCH WASHINGTON DC
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| Military personnel are seeing a sudden increase in peacekeeping and humanitarian relief missions. These missions have the potential for producing psychological ambiguities surrounding the relevance of the mission to the individual's identity as a soldier, the guidelines for how to behave during the mission, and the degree of control individuals feel they have over their job on the mission. In the present research we examined the beliefs of US Army ... |
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| Using the Triangle Model of Responsibility to Understand Psychological Ambiguities in Peacekeeping Operations |
22 OCT 95 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas W. Britt; WALTER REED ARMY INST OF RESEARCH WASHINGTON DC
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| The present paper illustrates how the Triangle Model of Responsibility (Sclenker, Britt, Pennington, Murphy, & Doherty, 1994) can be used as an integrative framework for understanding psychological ambiguities during peacekeeping operations. The model defines responsibility as the psychological adhesive that connects an individual to event and to relevant prescriptions that should govern conduct. The model specifies that assessing responsibility requires information about the event, the relevant prescriptions or rules that ... |
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| The Identity Regulation of Romantic Partners |
12 AUG 95 |
10 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas W. Britt; WALTER REED ARMY INST OF RESEARCH WASHINGTON DC
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| Virtually no research has examined how individuals act to protect or enhance the identities of close others. Participants presented a romantic partner to an audience who was either aware or unaware of their partners' past positive and negative personality feedback on two desirable traits. Participants also rated the validity of the positive and negative feedback and how important the traits were to their partner. Results indicated that participants highly connected ... |
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| The Effect of Responses to Sexual Harassment on Depression |
AUG 95 |
8 pages |
| Authors:
Margaret A. Moore; Thomas W. Britt; Dave Bassan; Paul T. Bartone; WALTER REED ARMY INST OF RESEARCH WASHINGTON DC
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| This study examined the relationship between sexual harassment and depression as a function of the actions that women took in response to the harassment. Active duty military women, DoD- employed civilian women, and military and civilian spouses (N=767) responded to a survey on quality of life and work issues distributed to personnel throughout the US Army-Europe (USAREUR) . Overall, women who reported that they had experienced sexual harassment since their ... |
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| Military Readiness and Patient Care in USAREUR Medical Forces: Summary Report on Prospective MEPRS Benchmarking Study |
23 JUL 95 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
Paul T. Bartone; Thomas W. Britt; Amy B. Adler; Evelyn H. Golembe; WALTER REED ARMY INST OF RESEARCH WASHINGTON DC
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| At the request of the U.S. Army, Europe Chief Surgeon's Office, a prospective "benchmark" study was undertaken by the U.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Europe to determine, on average, how uniformed medical personnel in USAREUR are spreading their work time across two critical (and sometimes competing) functional priorities: (1) patient care, and (2) readiness training. The information that follows is the briefing package presented to the USAREUR Chief Surgeon on 23 ... |
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| Responsibility, Stress, and Health: Testing the Triangle Model of Responsibility |
01 JUL 95 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas W. Britt; Margaret A. Moore; Amy B. Adler; Paul T. Bartone; WALTER REED ARMY INST OF RESEARCH WASHINGTON DC
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| The present research tested the utility of the Triangle Model of Responsibility (Schienker. Britt, Pennington, Murphy, & Doherty, 1994) in accounting for soldiers' feelings of responsibility for and commitment to an upcoming mission. The extent to which high responsibility engages the self- system was also examined. In support of the model, simultaneous multiple regression revealed that responsibility and commitment to the mission were greatest when the prescriptions for performance were ... |
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| Quick-Look Study of Medical Readiness |
JAN 95 |
56 pages |
| Authors:
Paul T. Bartone; Thomas W. Britt; WALTER REED ARMY INST OF RESEARCH WASHINGTON DC
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| This report presents the results of a study conducted by the U.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Europe at the request of the Office of the Chief Surgeon, USAREUR to determine how much of the productive time of medical care providers is taken up by military training/readiness activities. Using Medical Expense & Performance Reporting System (MEPRS) archival data from a representative three-month period, the study examines how uniformed clinical care providers at ... |
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