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Research article summary:
Personality comparison of airline pilot incumbents, applicants, and the general population norms on the 16PF.
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Personality comparisons using Cattells 16PF were made between 137 pilot incumbents, 81 pilot applicants, and the general population norms. No significant differences were found between the scores on the personality factors for the Pilot Incumbents and ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2003Jun
in Journal: Psychol Rep
(Language : eng)
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1. Psychol Rep.
2003 Jun;92(3 Pt 1):773-80
Personality comparison of airline pilot incumbents, applicants, and the general population norms on the 16PF.
Wakcher S, Cross K, Blackman MC
California State University, Fullerton, USA.
Personality comparisons using Cattell's 16PF were made between 137 pilot incumbents, 81 pilot applicants, and the general population norms. No significant differences were found between the scores on the personality factors for the Pilot Incumbents and the Pilot Applicants. Further, the incumbents and applicants who had previous military training versus those who did not had highly similar personalities. However, on nearly every personality factor a significant difference was found between the general population norms and the sample of Pilot Incumbents and Applicants. The Pilot Incumbent/Applicant group scored significantly more intelligent, emotionally stable, and mature in comparison to the general population norms. We believe that it is the high-risk nature of this occupation that leads applicants, wishing to pursue this field, to assess very carefully their own person-job fit and self-select themselves, thus ultimately producing this very distinct "pilot personality profile" described in 1995 by Bartram.
PMID : 12841441 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Sandra | Wakcher | S |
| Kara | Cross | K |
| Melinda C | Blackman | MC |
Affiliation: California State University, Fullerton, USA.
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- Aviation - education
- Cattell Personality Factor Questionnaire - statistics & numerical data
- Humans
- Job Application
- Male
- Military Personnel - psychology
- Personnel Selection
- Psychology, Military
- Psychometrics
- Reference Values
- School Admission Criteria
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