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- Title
NATIONAL MORALE OF AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS IN 1941.
- Authors
Miller, Delbert C.
- Abstract
This research project was formulated in January 1941 to find answers to the following questions, is the national morale of college students in the United States higher? Are there any significant changes of national morale taking place? Do Negro youth have low national morale? How do youth compare with adults in national morale? It is necessary to find a reliable and valid instrument to measure national morale in order to obtain objective and verifiable answers to such questions. In early 1941, there was no such instrument. To meet this immediate need all efforts were centered upon the construction of an attitude scale. In August 1941, this work was done and in print. One of the most important tasks in that problem was to define national morale in such part whole relations that it would be useful for empirical research. Terms morale and national morale have been used loosely and interchangeably in current discussion. Both communication and research is dulled by such ambiguity. A differentiation of personal morale from national morale is necessary. Personal morale may be defined as "a condition of physical and emotional well being in the individual that makes it possible for him to work and live hopefully and effectively, feeling that he shares the basic purposes of the group of which he is a member and that makes it possible for him to perform his tasks with energy, enthusiasm and self discipline, sustained by a conviction that, in spite of obstacles and conflict, his personal and social ideals are worth pursuing.
- Subjects
UNITED States; COLLEGE students; MORALE; SOCIAL psychology; SOCIAL groups; SOCIOLOGY
- Publication
American Sociological Review, 1942, Vol 7, Issue 2, p194
- ISSN
0003-1224
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2085175