Evaluation of competency in lowª²ranking commanders in different armed services and arms of services

    SU Jingª²Kuan, LI Yunª²Bo,LUO Zhengª²Xue, MIAO Danª²Min

    Department of Psychology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi¬ðan 710033,China

    ¡¾Abstract¡¿ AIM: To explore the differences and characteristics of the evaluation of competency in lowª²ranking commander in different arms of services by reviewing the literature on the psychological characteristics of wellª²qualified officers. METHODS: 6323 military officers and soldiers in different arms of services were chosen to fill in 9004 copies of the Psychological Quality of wellª²qualified Commanders Scale. 86ª±02% of the questionnaires were valid and 40 indexes were evaluated by using the fuzzy set model of multistage evaluation. RESULTS: ¢Ù Thirtyª²seven items were divided into three grades according to the multigrade fuzzy set (MFS) scores (>0ª±477), in which 10 items were evaluated as ¡°important¡±(MFS score>0ª±704), 13 items as ¡°very important¡± (MFS score = 0ª±704~0ª±599) and 14 items as ¡°less important¡±(MFS score = 0ª±599~0ª±477). ¢Ú Among army, navy and air force, three different armed services, significant differences were found in 7 of the top 10 items (P<0ª±05), very important items of the competency model. ¢Û In 7 different arms of services, a high general consistency was found in these 10 items, but significant difference in 4 of the items was found in second artillery and air corps, compared with other arms of services(P<0ª±05). CONCLUSION: Evaluation of competence has its own structure and characteristics in lowª²ranking commanders of different armed services and different arms of services. The evaluations about the competency model of their primary military officers made by military officers and soldiers in different arms of service are different at characteristics and structures. ......