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 inMilitary medicine Vol. 164; no. 12; pp. 885 - 890
Main Authors CALLISTER, J. D, KING, R. E, RETZLAFF, P. D, MARSH, R. W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bethesda, MD Association of Military Surgeons 01.12.1999
Oxford University Press
Subjects
Adult
Aerospace Medicine
Aviation
Biological and medical sciences
Cognitive ability
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Male
Military Personnel - psychology
Personality
Personality Inventory
Personality tests
Personality traits
Personality. Affectivity
Pilots
Psychologists
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychopathology
United States
United States
United States > US
Colorado
Minnesota
Human
Pilot
Psychology
Sex
Military environment
Personality
Student
Measurement scale
Public health
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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