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Military Values, Military Virtues, and Vulnerable Narcissism among Cadets of the Swiss Armed Forces—Results of a Cross-Sectional Study

Authors :
Immanuel Schkade
Dena Sadeghi-Bahmani
Undine E. Lang
Rebecca K. Blais
Zeno Stanga
Ismail I. Ülgür
Serge Brand
Hubert Annen
Source :
European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, Vol 14, Iss 7, Pp 2074-2086 (2024)
Publication Year :
2024
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2024.

Abstract

Background: For military leaders, military values and virtues are important psychological prerequisites for successful leadership and for ethical and moral military behavior. However, research on predictors of military values and virtues is scarce. Given this background, we investigated whether Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB), resilience, and vulnerable narcissism might be favorably or unfavorably associated with military values and virtues, and whether vulnerable narcissism could moderate the association between the OCB-by-resilience-interaction, and military virtues. Methods: A total of 214 officer cadets (mean age: 20.75 years; 96.8% males) of the Swiss Armed Forces (SAF) volunteered to take part in this cross-sectional study. They completed a booklet of self-rating scales covering dimensions of military values and military virtues, OCB, resilience, and vulnerable narcissism. Results: Higher scores for military virtues were associated with higher scores for military values, OCB, and resilience, and with lower scores for vulnerable narcissism. Multiple regression models showed that higher scores for OCB and resilience were associated with military values and virtues. Vulnerable narcissism moderated the association between military virtues, and the OCB-by-resilience-interaction: the higher the vulnerable narcissism, the more the OCB-by-resilience-interaction was associated with lower scores for military virtues. Conclusions: Among cadets of the SAF, the associations between military values, military virtues, OCB, and resilience were highly intertwined, while vulnerable narcissism appeared to attenuate the association between military virtues, OCB, and resilience.

Details

Language :
English, Spanish; Castilian
ISSN :
14070138, 22549625, and 21748144
Volume :
14
Issue :
7
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.8c363b900ecd4a9d8ed64a2c55c1d394
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe14070138