Five-factor model facet characteristics of non-aeronautically adaptable military aviators

The present study revisited a large sample of clinically referred military aviators, previously evaluated across factors of the Five Factor Model of personality (FFM), to determine whether identified facet differences were consistent with U.S. Navy guidelines for evaluating aeronautical adaptability...

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Published in:Aviation, space, and environmental medicine space, and environmental medicine, 2010-09, Vol.81 (9), p.864-868
Main Authors: Campbell, Justin S, Ruiz, Mark A, Moore, Jeffery L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aeronautics
Aerospace Medicine
Excitation
Female
Guidelines
Humans
Inventories
Male
Mathematical models
Military
Military Personnel
Naval
Naval engineering
Navy
Personality
Personality Assessment
Personality Disorders - diagnosis
Space life sciences
Stockpiling
Students
Young Adult
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Summary:The present study revisited a large sample of clinically referred military aviators, previously evaluated across factors of the Five Factor Model of personality (FFM), to determine whether identified facet differences were consistent with U.S. Navy guidelines for evaluating aeronautical adaptability. Clinically evaluated U.S. Naval aviators and flight officers (N = 954) disposed as either aeronautically adaptable (AA) or not aeronautically adaptable (NAA) were compared with respect to their facet level scores on the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R). Additional analyses were conducted to control for NAA status attributable to physical as opposed to psychological standards and for student versus designated aviator/flight officer experience levels. NAA aviators and flight officers, when compared to their AA counterparts, evidenced significant and substantive effect size differences on facets measuring negative emotionality, interpersonal effectiveness, and goal-orientation. FFM facet differences between AA and NAA officers were only partially consistent with U.S. Navy guidelines; expected facet differences related to compliance, deliberation, actions, and excitement-seeking/impulsivity were not observed.
ISSN:0095-6562
DOI:10.3357/ASEM.2761.2010