Bock Jarrod E, Brown Ryan P, Tucker Raymond P, Foster Stephen D
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA.
University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2024 Dec 16:1461672241293553. doi: 10.1177/01461672241293553.
Understanding the factors that explain why some people are more likely to enlist in military service is an important endeavor for any nation that depends upon a voluntary military force. Three studies investigated the role of honor culture in military service. These studies assessed statewide differences in military enlistment rates (Study 1), individual differences in honor endorsement between military personnel and civilians (Study 2), and associations between honor endorsement and facets of military identification in a sample of active-duty Army personnel (Study 3). Results showed that honor was strongly and consistently associated with military service, independent of a wide range of potential confounds (e.g., economic precariousness, rurality, gender, age, and military rank). This research extends previous studies on the honor-military service link and has potentially important implications for military recruitment strategies and for our understanding of why military service might be a risk factor for subsequent mental health problems.
对于任何依赖志愿兵役制的国家而言，了解那些能够解释为何有些人更有可能参军的因素是一项重要工作。三项研究调查了荣誉文化在服兵役中的作用。这些研究评估了各州之间的参军率差异（研究1）、军事人员与平民在荣誉认同方面的个体差异（研究2），以及现役陆军人员样本中荣誉认同与军事认同各方面之间的关联（研究3）。结果表明，荣誉与服兵役紧密且持续相关，不受多种潜在混杂因素（如经济不稳定、农村地区、性别、年龄和军衔）的影响。这项研究拓展了先前关于荣誉与服兵役联系的研究，对军事招募策略以及我们理解为何服兵役可能是后续心理健康问题的一个风险因素具有潜在的重要意义。
