PERSONALITY FACTORS IN THE SELECTION OF CIVILIANS FOR ISOLATED NORTHERN STATIONS
An investigation of personality characteristics associated with favorable adjustment to northern isolated living, and the usefulness of psychological tests in the selection of personnel for northern posting. 197 electronic technicians already screened on other psychological tests completed MMPI. Edw...
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ftdtic:AD0611989 2023-05-15T14:55:13+02:00 PERSONALITY FACTORS IN THE SELECTION OF CIVILIANS FOR ISOLATED NORTHERN STATIONS Wright, Morgan W. Sisler, George C. Chylinski, Joanne MANITOBA UNIV WINNIPEG 1962-01-29 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0611989 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0611989 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0611989 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE JOURNAL ARTICLES ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY DTIC AND NTIS *CIVILIAN PERSONNEL *PERSONALITY CANADA PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS APTITUDE TESTS ARCTIC REGIONS ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS CORRECTIONS APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY CORRELATION TECHNIQUES SELECTION PERSONNEL SCREENING TESTS Text 1962 ftdtic 2016-02-22T14:00:49Z An investigation of personality characteristics associated with favorable adjustment to northern isolated living, and the usefulness of psychological tests in the selection of personnel for northern posting. 197 electronic technicians already screened on other psychological tests completed MMPI. Edwards Personal and Brainard Preference tests, and General Information and Arctic Interest questionnaires prior to 1 year of isolation duty on the Mid- Canada Line. Adequacy of work and social adjustment was associated with 11 of 35 test variables and 3 of 26 questionnaire items. The discriminating function of the MMPI was reduced by the use of the K correction. It was suggested that despite the highly select nature of the sample used, the test battery has potential value in the selection of civilians to work in the far north. (Author) Pub. in Journal of Applied Psychology (U.S.) v47 n1 p24-9 1963 (Copies not available to DDC or Clearinghouse customers). Text Arctic Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database Arctic Canada |
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*CIVILIAN PERSONNEL *PERSONALITY CANADA PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS APTITUDE TESTS ARCTIC REGIONS ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS CORRECTIONS APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY CORRELATION TECHNIQUES SELECTION PERSONNEL SCREENING TESTS Wright, Morgan W. Sisler, George C. Chylinski, Joanne PERSONALITY FACTORS IN THE SELECTION OF CIVILIANS FOR ISOLATED NORTHERN STATIONS |
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*CIVILIAN PERSONNEL *PERSONALITY CANADA PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS APTITUDE TESTS ARCTIC REGIONS ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS CORRECTIONS APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY CORRELATION TECHNIQUES SELECTION PERSONNEL SCREENING TESTS |
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An investigation of personality characteristics associated with favorable adjustment to northern isolated living, and the usefulness of psychological tests in the selection of personnel for northern posting. 197 electronic technicians already screened on other psychological tests completed MMPI. Edwards Personal and Brainard Preference tests, and General Information and Arctic Interest questionnaires prior to 1 year of isolation duty on the Mid- Canada Line. Adequacy of work and social adjustment was associated with 11 of 35 test variables and 3 of 26 questionnaire items. The discriminating function of the MMPI was reduced by the use of the K correction. It was suggested that despite the highly select nature of the sample used, the test battery has potential value in the selection of civilians to work in the far north. (Author) Pub. in Journal of Applied Psychology (U.S.) v47 n1 p24-9 1963 (Copies not available to DDC or Clearinghouse customers). |
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PERSONALITY FACTORS IN THE SELECTION OF CIVILIANS FOR ISOLATED NORTHERN STATIONS |
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PERSONALITY FACTORS IN THE SELECTION OF CIVILIANS FOR ISOLATED NORTHERN STATIONS |
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PERSONALITY FACTORS IN THE SELECTION OF CIVILIANS FOR ISOLATED NORTHERN STATIONS |
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PERSONALITY FACTORS IN THE SELECTION OF CIVILIANS FOR ISOLATED NORTHERN STATIONS |
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PERSONALITY FACTORS IN THE SELECTION OF CIVILIANS FOR ISOLATED NORTHERN STATIONS |
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personality factors in the selection of civilians for isolated northern stations |
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