FACTORS IN PREDICTING ARMY AVIATOR PERFORMANCE: BIRTH ORDER AND PARTICIPATION IN DANGEROUS SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES,

Abstract

From previous research it was hypothesized that firstborns would tend to avoid the potential dangers of Army aviation, but that firstborn-volunteers would not differ from later-born volunteers in terms of previous participation in dangerous sports and activities. Data were used from the Background Activities Inventory of 395 aviation warrant officer trainees, to test for birth-order effect by comparing first- and second-borns from the same-size families. Although there were significantly more first- than second-borns, reasons that the finding may be spurious are discussed. First- and second-born trainees did not differ on measures of exposure to dangerous sports and activities or confidence. Neither pass-fail from flight training nor previous college attendance showed a birth-order effect. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0688812

Entities

People

  • Peter R. Prunkl

Organizations

  • George Washington University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Aviation
  • Education
  • Flight Training
  • Inventory
  • Louisiana
  • Trainees
  • Training
  • Volunteers
  • Warrant Officers

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Gender and Food Studies
  • Regression Analysis.