Pilot Personality: Gender and Career-Level Differences.

Abstract

Little work has been done to examine personality differences between female and male Air Force pilots. The current study investigates gender differences at beginning and mid-career points. These samples are compared to non-pilots controls. Female pilots differ from control subjects on most variables. Female student pilots are higher on Neuroticism and Openness than male student pilots. Mid-career female pilots are found only to be higher on Agreeableness compared to mid-career male pilots. Finally, differences are also found when comparing female student pilots to female mid-career pilots with the student pilots higher on Neuroticism and lower on Agreeableness.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA328845

Entities

People

  • Joseph D. Callister
  • Paul D. Retzlaff
  • Raymond E. King
  • Suzanne Mcglohn

Organizations

  • United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Medicine
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Data Analysis
  • Flight Training
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Military Aviation
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Pilots
  • Personality
  • Personnel Management
  • Pilots
  • Psychological Tests
  • Students
  • United States
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Gender and Food Studies
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.