Book/Printed Material A survey system to assess abuse and misconduct toward Air Force students in occupational specialty training

Title

• A survey system to assess abuse and misconduct toward Air Force students in occupational specialty training

Summary

• Initial skills training provides incoming officers and enlisted airmen with the basic knowledge and skills necessary to be awarded their Air Force occupational specialty. For many students, it is a developmental period during which they are transitioning into the responsibilities of adulthood, and they enter as the newest Air Force members at the lowest levels of the officer and enlisted hierarchies. They are seeking admission into career fields for which they must prove their capability, and, in some cases, they must compete for limited positions in their subspecialties. For these reasons, these technical training and flying training students may be particularly vulnerable to abuse and misconduct from one another and from those who have authority over them. To help prevent potential abuse and misconduct during this vulnerable period, the commander of the Air Force's Air Education and Training Command (AETC) asked RAND researchers to adapt AETC's survey system for monitoring abuse and misconduct in Basic Military Training to extend it to the technical training and flying training environments. Data from the proposed survey system may also provide insights into potential cultural or systemic changes that could help reduce the occurrence of abuse and misconduct and increase reporting when it does occur. This report provides background on the structure of these training environments, revisions to tailor the basic military training survey content to apply to students in these environments, survey pretest results, strategies to promote open and honest participation, and recommendations for future use.

Names

• Miller, Laura L., 1967- author
• Farris, Coreen, author
• Posard, Marek, author
• Matthews, Miriam (Behavioral scientist), author
• Keller, Kirsten M., author
• Robson, Sean, author
• Holliday, Stephanie Brooks, author
• Matsuda, Mauri, author
• Burns, Rachel M., author
• Wagner, Lisa, author
• Bicksler, Barbara A., author
• Project Air Force (U.S.). Manpower, Personnel, and Training Program
• Rand Corporation
• United States. Air Force

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2019]

Contents

• Introduction -- Part I: Understanding Technical Training and Flying Training -- Characteristics of the Technical Training Environment -- Characteristics of the Flying Training Environment -- Part II: Adapting and Pretesting the Survey Content and Administration -- Adapted and New Survey Content -- Survey Pretest Methods -- Part III: Survey System Recommendations -- When to Administer the Survey -- Who Should Participate in the Survey -- Confidentiality and Maximizing Survey Participation -- Technical and Human Resource Challenges to Resolve Before Implementing the Survey System -- Recommendations for Analyses and Reporting -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Air Force and DoD Surveys That Assess Misconduct -- Appendix B. Enlisted Occupational Specialties Available to Non-Prior Service Students -- Appendix C. Survey Instrument -- Appendix D. Responsible Comparisons of Survey Results.

Headings

• -  United States.--Air Force--Airmen--Abuse of
• -  United States.--Air Force--Airmen--Training of
• -  United States.--Air Force--Occupational specialties
• -  United States.--Air Force--Officers--Training of
• -  Sexual harassment in the military--United States
• -  Bullying--United States
• -  Military education--United States--Evaluation
• -  Hazing--United States
• -  Social surveys--United States

Notes

• -  "RAND Project AIR FORCE."
• -  "Prepared for the United States Air Force."
• -  "This research was ... conducted within the Manpower, Personnel, and Training Program of RAND Project AIR FORCE"--Preface (page iii).
• -  Also available on the Internet as a PDF file.
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-184).
• -  United States Air Force. FA7014-06-C-0001
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 online resource (xx, 184 pages) : illustrations.

Call Number/Physical Location

• UG638

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024739222

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024739222

Rights Advisory

• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

• image
• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2024739222

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