Personality characteristics of South African navy submarine personnel

This study aimed to determine the extent to which the Institute of Personality and Ability Testing Anxiety Scale and the 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire can be used to describe successful submariners in the South African Navy. The Anxiety Scale scores were within normal limits when the profiles...

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Published in:Military medicine 2000-09, Vol.165 (9), p.656-658
Main Authors: VAN WIJK, Charles, WATERS, Adéle H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ability tests
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Anxiety
Anxiety - diagnosis
Anxiety - psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Cattell Personality Factor Questionnaire
Humans
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Military Personnel - psychology
Personality
Personality disorders
Personality traits
Personnel selection
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychological assessment
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Questionnaires
South Africa
Space life sciences
Standard deviation
Submarine Medicine
Submarines
Surveys and Questionnaires
Techniques and methods
Tropical medicine
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Summary:This study aimed to determine the extent to which the Institute of Personality and Ability Testing Anxiety Scale and the 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire can be used to describe successful submariners in the South African Navy. The Anxiety Scale scores were within normal limits when the profiles of 85 submariners were analyzed to describe the personality characteristics of submarine personnel. Although no significant factors were found, the results indicate that four personality factors appeared to be most descriptive of the sample. They were adventurousness, confidence, group orientation, and self-sentiment. These factors appeared appropriate when discussed from an environmental demand perspective.
ISSN:0026-4075
1930-613X
DOI:10.1093/milmed/165.9.656