Personality assessment questionnaire as a pre-accession screen for risk of mental disorders and early attrition in U. S. Army recruits

Psychological Services

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 378-385

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

^a Materiel Command   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Job performance; Mental health; Military health; Personality tests; Preemployment screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRIVE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DRIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MORBIDITY; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888030808     PISSN: 15411559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032783     Document Type: Article

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