Adaptability Screening. Development and Initial Validation of the Recruiting Background Questionnaire (RBQ)

Abstract

The purpose of this effort was to develop and validate a background questionnaire that would differentiate applicants for enlistment on the basis of their propensity to complete their obligated service. Two forms of the Recruiting Background Questionnaire (RBQ) were developed and administered to applicants. Those who joined the Navy (N = 15,434) have been followed through 6 months of service. RBQ scores and the attrition measures correlated most highly in the male high school graduate sample, and at lower, though still significant levels, for the male non-high-school graduates and for females. A composite of RBQ scores and SCREEN table scores correlated at higher levels than did scores for either instrument when used alone.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA137190

Entities

People

  • D. C. Atwater
  • N. M. Abrahams

Organizations

  • Bureau of Naval Personnel

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Applied Psychology
  • Attrition
  • Correlation Analysis
  • Education
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Human Resources
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Psychology
  • Recruiting
  • Recruits
  • Regression Analysis
  • Social Sciences
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Training
  • United States

Readers

  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.