APS

31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

U.S. Air Force Academy Cadets’ Willingness to Make Costly Sacrifices

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · General

  • Molly Olmos
    United States Air Force Academy
  • Aryn Maxwell
    United States Air Force Academy
  • Jesse Ott
    United States Air Force
  • Clara Pretus
    Artis International
  • Amanda Metcalfe
    United States Air Force Academy
  • Richard Davis
    Artis International
  • Chad Tossell
    United States Air Force Academy

Abstract

Building off of previous work in Iraq and Spain with radical Islamic jihadists, we analyze United States Air Force Academy cadets’ willingness to make costly sacrifices. We explored cadets’ sacred values, group-identity fusion, and spiritual/physical formidability using field-based research methods. Results of this study will be discussed.

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