Toward the Army of the 1980s: A Study of Male Attitudes Toward Women as Combatants.

摘要

This study reflects attitudes of students of the CGSC Class of 1978 toward the issue of women in combat. A sample of the Class responded to 57 questions which included demographic discriminators, positive and negative social role perceptions and personal assessments on hypothetical performance situations concerning women as combatants. This study examines the various relationships between contemporary and traditional mind-sets since they may influence future policy development. The degree of dependence varies among the major variables of social beliefs, gender-role perceptions, mind-sets, and job appropriateness, in comparison to specific criterion items. This research is restricted to tests of the significance and strength of these interrelationships compared with their position along an attitude scale continuum.