Predicting outcome of military basic training for individuals referred for psychological evaluation

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 256-265

  Carbone, Eric G ^b   Cigrang, Jeffrey A ^c   Todd, Sandra L ^c   Fiedler, Edna R ^a  

^a CIVIL AEROSPACE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MILITARY SERVICE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; TRAINING;

EID: 0032983405     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327752JP720210     Document Type: Article

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