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Dissertation
Investigating the Deployment Experience, Cognitive Functioning, and Self-efficacy of Tabletop Exercise Participants
University of West Florida Libraries
Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida
2018
Abstract
The problem this study sought to address was to examine the use of tabletop exercises as continuing professional education for United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) disaster responders. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among the combinations of prior deployment experience and cognitive functioning on the self-efficacy levels of USACE disaster response tabletop exercise responders in the Southeastern United States. This study used two theoretical constructs: the revision of Bloom's taxonomy (Anderson et al., 2001) and self-efficacy as outlined by Bandura (1977). The researcher used Pearson's r to determine if a statistically significant relationship existed between cognitive functioning, deployment experience, and self-efficacy. The analysis suggested a positive linear relationship between deployment experience and self-efficacy: r(75) = .521, p < .001, two-tailed, and a positive linear relationship between cognitive functioning and self-efficacy: r(75) = .366, p < .001, two-tailed. The researcher used simple linear regression to determine if cognitive functioning level predicted disaster response self-efficacy level. The correlation between cognitive functioning and self-efficacy was statistically significant: r(75) = .366, p < .001, two-tailed. The r2 was .134 with a medium effect size (f2 = .154). Finally, the researcher used multiple regression to determine if prior deployment experience predicted disaster response self-efficacy level. Results for no deployment experience included an r2 = .289 with a large effect size (f2 = .406), and results for extensive deployment experience included an r2 = .252 with a large effect size (f2 = .366).
Details
- Title
- Investigating the Deployment Experience, Cognitive Functioning, and Self-efficacy of Tabletop Exercise Participants
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries
- Format
- pdf
- Number of pages
- 236
- Copyright
- Unpublished work © Felix Antonio Tutt
- Identifiers
- 99380090839806600
- Academic Unit
- School of Education
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Doctor of Education (EDD)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida