TABLE 1.
Summary of participant characteristics.
| Participant characteristic | Classification | Frequency (n) | Mean (SD) |
| Sex | Female | 93 | |
| Male | 677 | ||
| Age | Years | 26.5 (6.99) | |
| Career Length | Years | 5.22 (5.54) | |
| Force Generation Cycle Phase | Ready – e.g., Trained, equipped and available | 320 | |
| Readying – e.g., Training, equipping, rehearsing | 311 | ||
| Reset – e.g., Recovery, debrief, reflect, re-plan | 139 | ||
| Ethnicity | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander | 40 | |
| Caucasian | 570 | ||
| South and Eastern Europe | 14 | ||
| North Africa, Middle East, Arab Peninsula | 11 | ||
| Africa - West, East, Central, South | 5 | ||
| Asia | 31 | ||
| Melanesia, Polynesia, NZ Peoples | 12 | ||
| America - North and South | 4 | ||
| Other/Mixed | 24 | ||
| Not provided | 59 | ||
| Highest Level of Education | Some High School | 6 | |
| Year 10 Certificate | 75 | ||
| Year 12 | 406 | ||
| Certificate or Diploma (non-university, e.g., TAFE) | 231 | ||
| Tertiary undergraduate/graduate (e.g., BA, BSc) | 35 | ||
| Tertiary post-graduate (e.g., MA, MSc, PhD) | 8 | ||
| Not provided | 9 | ||
| Rank | Private | 572 | |
| Private (proficient) | 15 | ||
| Lance Corporal | 46 | ||
| Corporal | 71 | ||
| Sergeant | 18 | ||
| Warrant Officer 2 | 16 | ||
| Warrant Officer 1 | 1 | ||
| Lieutenant | 10 | ||
| Captain | 6 | ||
| Major | 13 | ||
| Lt Colonel | 1 |