Psychological test profiles of USAF pilots before training vs. type aircraft flown

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 463-468

  Boyd, James E ^a,b   Patterson, John C ^a   Thompson, Bill T ^a  

^a USAF School of Aerospace Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b 16th Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

MAB; Medical flight screening; Multidimensional aptitude battery; NEO PI R

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL APTITUDE BATTERY; NEO PERSONALITY INVENTORY REVISED; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAINING;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY TESTS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18244396605     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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