Personality Profiles of Experienced U.S. Army Aviators Across Mission Platforms

Abstract

To address the selection-related question, What does the personality profile of the Army aviator of today look like?" 75 experienced Army aviators attending advanced leadership training completed the Revised NEO Personality Inventory, with scores depicting the five personality factors of: neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. To address the classification-related question, "Are there certain personality profiles that distinguish among attack, scout, cargo, and utility pilots?" factor scores and their subsumed facet scores were compared across respondents representing the four mission platforms. Overall sample profiles and score differences among platforms are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA457567

Entities

People

  • Lawrence C. Katz
  • Robert Grice

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Applied Psychology
  • Attack Aircraft
  • Employment
  • Flight Training
  • Group Dynamics
  • Human Behavior
  • Military Aviation
  • Military Pilots
  • Military Research
  • Personality
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.