Expected Adjustment of Basic Trainees in the Finnish Defence Forces

Kirjoittajat

• Mikael Salo Maanpuolustuskorkeakoulu
• Guy L. Siebold Maanpuolustuskorkeakoulu

Avainsanat:

Basic Training, Developing, Finnish Defence Forces

Abstrakti

This paper looks at how well a sample of basic trainees in the Finnish Defence Forces expected to adjust to military service and whether their expectations were related to their later adjustment and other criteria. (...)
The paper is divided into several sections. The first section describes the call up and training process in the Finnish military. The second section portrays prior research findings about adjustment to military service. The third section presents the sample, methods, and main measures used in the analyses for the paper. The fourth section provides the findings from the analyses, and the fifth section contains a discussion of the findings and their implications concerning adjustment of service members to the military."