A field research project involving subjects undergoing alcoholism treatment in an employee assistance program (EAP) was conducted in order to answer the following research question: Do EAP's improve work related attitudes? A sample of 76 active duty military personnel participating in a six-week inpatient program at a Naval Alcohol Rehabilitation Center were compared with a nonequivalent control group of 76 military subjects not know to be alcoholics. / The following instruments were administered to both groups at the beginning and end of a six-week period: Locus of Control scale, Multidimensional Locus of Control scale, Organizational Commitment Questionnaire, Central Life Interest Questionnaire, Desirability of Control scale, and the Work Involvement scale. Kelman's (1980) model was used as a theoretical framework for the attitude change process. A one-way ANCOVA was conducted in which the two groups were compared on the basis of posttest scores, with the pretest scores being used as covariates. Additionally, demographic variables were used as covariates in order to statistically control for differences between the two groups. Significant main effect changes were found for two attitude variables. / In a secondary analysis two stepwise discriminant analyses were run, in which the counselor's rating of prognosis for success was used as a dependent variable. The pretest and posttest attitude scores were used, respectively, as independent variables in two separate runs. Marginally significant discriminant functions were achieved using pretest attitude scores, but not using the posttest scores. For the former, a classification analysis was run, but it did not yield any more information than could be expected by chance. / The research is considered to be a preliminary investigation into changes that occur within subjects participating in an EAP that allow them to become more productive upon completion. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-07, Section: A, page: 1829. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76114 |
| Contributors | HERRING, ROBERT ALEXANDER, III., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 173 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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