Psychosocial Factors in Military Deviance

摘要

This study is conceived of as the first of a group of studies designed to explore systematically both the psychosocial conditions under which deviant behavior may occur in the military and the methods of preventive intervention which could be used to prevent deviance. A model which related the occurrence of deviance to person variables, environmental variables, and precipitating events is presented. Three types of basic training squads were investigated: 44 squads containing an individual who had been AWOL for more than 72 hours, 30 squads containing an individual referred to a MHCS (Mental Hygiene Consultation Service) for unsuitability discharge, and 44 control squads containing an individual who had been hospitalized for an upper respiratory infection. It appears that both person and environmental variables are related to the occurrence of deviant behavior. Events perceived as precipitating the emergence of deviant behavior may be isolated.