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Engagement, self-concept and leaving home in military personnel
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Conceptual framework: Studies on military personnel leaving home are scarce and no studies
were found relating military personnel leaving home to personal (self-concept) and motivational
(work engagement) factors. Leaving home represents breaking the routines and previous lifestyle
of military personnel, which requires adaptation to a different environment and provides social
and housing challenges. Homesickness may cause depressive symptoms and have a negative
impact in adaptation, well-being and school success. Objectives: Hence, the present study aims
to analyse the engagement differences in trainees from the Training Course for Petty Officers 1st
Class (Curso de Formação de Sargentos - CFS) of the Portuguese Navy regarding self-concept
and contextual factors. Methodology: The study’s methodology made use of the Utrecht Work
Engagement Scale, (Schaufeli, Salanova, González-Romá & Bakker, 2002), the Assessment Scale
for Trainee Engagement in the Portuguese Navy (Frade & Veiga, 2014), as well as the Assessment
Scale for Trainee Self-Concept in the Portuguese Navy (Frade & Veiga, 2016). The sample was
comprised of 149 trainees from the Training Course for Petty Officers 1st Class of the Portuguese
Navy. Results: Trainees that had left home and presented low self-concept reached higher levels
of dedication, vigour and total engagement than those who had not left home. On the other hand,
trainees who had not left home and presented low self-concept reached higher results in absorption
than those who had left home. As for trainees that had left home but presented a high self-concept,
higher levels were reached in all dimensions of engagement with the exception of behavioural
engagement. Conclusion: The result analysis allowed the finding of connections between trainee
engagement, their self-concept and leaving home. The study includes recommendations that
support management actions in the Portuguese Navy towards the promotion of engagement in
their Human Resources for learning and work performance situations.
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Engagement Self-concept Leaving home Adult training Military personnel
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Frade, A., & Veiga, F.H. (2019). Engagement, self-concept and leaving home in military personnel. In Veiga, F.H. et al. (coord.). Atas do III Congresso Internacional Envolvimento dos Alunos na Escola: Perspetivas da Psicologia e Educação—Inclusão e Diversidade (pp. 121-132). Lisboa: Universidade de Lisboa. Instituto de Educação.