Structure and measurement of Marine recruit attitudes

Analyzed the responses of 481 US Marine Corps recruits to items in a Marine Corps Opinion Questionnaire. 5 orthogonal factors were identified and labeled as attitudes toward the toughness of Marines, the spirit among Marines, affiliation with the Marine Corps, and authority and consideration in the Marine Corps. Scales developed to provide scores on these factors are considered reliable, and should be useful in future studies of Marine-recruit attitudes and the relationship of these attitudes to posttraining effectiveness criteria.