A Noncognitive temperament test to predict risk of mental disorders and attrition in U.S. Army recruits

Military Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 374-379

  Gubata, Marlene E ^a   Oetting, Alexis A ^a,b   Weber, Natalya S ^a   Feng, Xiaoshu ^a,b   Cowan, David N ^a,b   Niebuhr, David W ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MILITARY MEDICINE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PERSONALITY TEST; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TEMPERAMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TEMPERAMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860627919     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-11-00297     Document Type: Article

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