NEUROPSYCHIATRIC MISFITS SCREENED BY THE PERSONAL INVENTORY AND BY THE NEW LONDON N. D. R. C. CONFIDENTIAL QUESTIONNAIRE,

Abstract

Data are presented indicating that, for either of the above tests, at least two-thirds of the early service neuropsychiatric discharges obtain scores in the range which includes ten percent of the total population. Psychiatric classifications for a population of candidates for Submarine School scoring in the highest eleven percent for the Personal Inventory and for the highest ten percent for each of the two component parts of the New London Questionnaire are tabulated, and it is noted that such populations are heavily loaded with inferior material. For example, of 204 men obtaining scores 15 and above on the Personal Inventory, 115, or 56%, are classified as either 'extremely questionable' or 'recommended for disqualification'. Those persons considered primarily as intellectually deficient are not involved in these data. To compare with this percentage it is observed that of the total population examined at New London during 1942, 23% were so classified. Two personnel selection inventories are evaluated according to their individual success in identifying those persons of the enlisted population whom psychiatrists judge to have a bad prognosis. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1943
Accession Number
AD0622179

Entities

People

  • Neil R. Bartlett

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Administrative Personnel
  • Classification
  • Inventory
  • Management Personnel
  • Materials
  • Personnel Management
  • Personnel Selection
  • Questionnaires
  • Submarines

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Mental Health of Military Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Risk Factors, Prevalence, Symptoms, and Treatment.
  • Naval Personnel Management