Who Chooses Military Service? Correlates of Propensity and Enlistment in the U.S. Armed Forces

Military Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-30

  Bachman, Jerald G ^a   Segal, David R ^b   Freedman Doan, Peter ^a   O'Malley, Patrick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0039061143     PISSN: 08995605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327876MP1201_1     Document Type: Article

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