Development and Validation of the Restricted Noncommissioned Officer Special Assignment Battery

Abstract

This report describes research to develop a new version of a personality and motivation measure, the Restricted Noncommissioned Officer Special Assignment Battery (NSAB), to inform noncommissioned officer (NCO) special assignment. The current research builds on the U.S. Army Research Institute for Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) previous Tailored Adaptive Personality Assessment System (TAPAS) and NSAB research that has shown these measures predict a range of performance and attitudinal criteria for new Soldier selection, military occupational specialty (MOS) qualification, and NCO special assignment selection (recruiters, instructors, drill sergeants, Special Forces). This report covers the initial stages of the project to develop a new version of the NSAB for operational use and to prepare for a validation study in a sample of Soldiers attending Basic Leader Course (BLC).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2023
Accession Number
AD1197107

Entities

People

  • Christopher N. Nye
  • Eleanor Lovering
  • Elyssa Johnson
  • Erin O'brien
  • Fritz Drasgow
  • Kelsey Byerly
  • Kristen Horgan
  • Melissa Glorioso
  • Oleksandr S. Chernyshenko
  • Stephen Stark

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Applied Psychology
  • Army Personnel
  • Business Administration
  • Doctrine
  • Educational Psychology
  • Instructors
  • Management Personnel
  • Neuropsychology
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personality
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

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