Revised NEO Personality inventory profiles of male and female U.S. Air Force Pilots
The study of pilot personality characteristics has a long and controversial history. Personality characteristics seem to be fairly poor predictors of training outcome; however, valid personality assessment is essential to clinical psychological evaluations. Therefore, the personality characteristics...
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Published in | Military medicine Vol. 164; no. 12; pp. 885 - 890 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Bethesda, MD
Association of Military Surgeons
01.12.1999
Oxford University Press |
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Summary: | The study of pilot personality characteristics has a long and controversial history. Personality characteristics seem to be fairly poor predictors of training outcome; however, valid personality assessment is essential to clinical psychological evaluations. Therefore, the personality characteristics of pilots must be studied to ensure valid clinical assessment. This paper describes normative personality characteristics of U.S. Air Force pilots based on the Revised NEO Personality Inventory profiles of 1,301 U.S. Air Force student pilots. Compared with male adult norms, male student pilots had higher levels of extraversion and lower levels of agreeableness. Compared with female adult norms, female student pilots had higher levels of extraversion and openness and lower levels of agreeableness. Descriptive statistics and percentile tables for the five domain scores and 30 facet scores are provided for clinical use, and a case vignette is provided as an example of the clinical utility of these U.S. Air Force norms. |
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ISSN: | 0026-4075 1930-613X |
DOI: | 10.1093/milmed/164.12.885 |