Abstract

PASTOR-ALVAREZ, Alberto; MOLERO-ALONSO, Fernando  and  MORIANO-LEON, Juan Antonio. Validation of the morale questionnaire for military operational theaters. Acción psicol. [online]. 2019, vol.16, n.2, pp.31-42.  Epub July 25, 2022. ISSN 2255-1271.  https://dx.doi.org/10.5944/ap.16.2.24265.

To assess the morale of the troops has been a concern of military leaders throughout history, mainly because of the level of involvement that this factor could have in the resolution of conflicts on the battlefield. The purpose of this research was to obtain evidence of the validity of the internal structure of the Morale Questionnaire used by the Spanish Armed Forces in military operations overseas. Two subsamples of 250 Spanish soldiers deployed on an international mission in Lebanon participated in the study. The questionnaire was applied at the beginning and at the end of the mission, respectly. The results obtained through Exploratory and Confirmatory Factorial Analysis and Structural Equation Modelling, allowed to assess the questionnaire statistically obtaining a tool that consists of 26 items, agglutinated in six factors. The theoretical dimensions of the original tool were mostly maintained. This will permit Spanish Armed Forces to have a reliable measuring instrument that will facilitate specific predictions about morale and its consecuences on the battlefield

Keywords : Morale; Cohesion; Motivation; Espirit de corps; Combat exhaustion.

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