Personality Characteristics and Trait Clusters in Final Stage Astronaut Selection

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 4 SEC. I, 2004, Pages 342-349

  Musson, David M ^a   Sandal, Gro M ^b   Helmreich, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Human factors; Personality traits; Psychology; Spaceflight

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMONAUT; EVALUATION; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPACE FLIGHT; TECHNIQUE;

NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS; NON-NASA CENTER;

ASTRONAUTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TESTS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 1842527127     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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