Shallow Habitat Air Dive (SHAD-I): Psychological Screening of Divers as Subjects for Long Duration Saturation Experimentation

Abstract

This study was designed to provide some insights as to possible psychological screening criteria for U. S. Navy divers being considered for special operational assignments. Four USN divers who had volunteered for SHAD-1 (Shallow Habitat Air Dive) were administered the DPSS (Depression proneness sentence stems), the MMPI (Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory), the DBI (Diver biographical inventory) and were subjected to a semi-structured clinical interview before and after a 30-day, hyperbaric (50 F.S.W.) experiment. These test and interview data were compared with the same data obtained from an independent sample of 64 USN divers, and provided the basis for selecting two SHAD subjects and two back-up divers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 31, 1974
Accession Number
ADA002707

Entities

People

  • Benjamin B. Weybrew

Organizations

  • Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical Research
  • Divers
  • Diving
  • Health Services
  • Human Behavior
  • Medical Personnel
  • Motivation
  • Naval Personnel
  • Navy
  • Pain
  • Personality
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychological Tests
  • Psychology
  • Saturation Diving
  • Security
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.
  • Underwater engineering and Marine Technology.