Personality profiling of pilots: traits and cognitive style

We present a profile of male pilots having extensive flying experience, all of whom had been trained in the military.  They completed the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised, short version, and the Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS), Form V; they then completed the Group Embedded Figures Task. On c...

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Main Authors: Joseph Glicksohn, Revital Naor-Ziv
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Groningen Press 2016-07-01
Series:International Journal of Personality Psychology
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Online Access:https://ijpp.rug.nl/article/view/22695
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description We present a profile of male pilots having extensive flying experience, all of whom had been trained in the military.  They completed the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised, short version, and the Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS), Form V; they then completed the Group Embedded Figures Task. On comparing the data of the pilots to both population norms and to previous data collected from participants who had military training, the pilots were found to be markedly better on the GEFT, indicating field independence, they scored lower on Neuroticism, and they scored higher on Experience Seeking.  We thus present a distinctive profile for military pilots relative to others who had served in combat units in the military; in addition, we present a distinctive profile for these pilots when compared to population norms.  These data might be put to good use in pilot selection and assessment.
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spelling doaj.art-38a16c7221024d8094e754fd7d145e502022-12-22T03:22:35ZengUniversity of Groningen PressInternational Journal of Personality Psychology2451-92432016-07-01271413190Personality profiling of pilots: traits and cognitive styleJoseph GlicksohnRevital Naor-ZivWe present a profile of male pilots having extensive flying experience, all of whom had been trained in the military.  They completed the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised, short version, and the Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS), Form V; they then completed the Group Embedded Figures Task. On comparing the data of the pilots to both population norms and to previous data collected from participants who had military training, the pilots were found to be markedly better on the GEFT, indicating field independence, they scored lower on Neuroticism, and they scored higher on Experience Seeking.  We thus present a distinctive profile for military pilots relative to others who had served in combat units in the military; in addition, we present a distinctive profile for these pilots when compared to population norms.  These data might be put to good use in pilot selection and assessment.https://ijpp.rug.nl/article/view/22695sensation seekingneuroticismfield dependence-independencepilots
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Personality profiling of pilots: traits and cognitive style
International Journal of Personality Psychology
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neuroticism
field dependence-independence
pilots
title Personality profiling of pilots: traits and cognitive style
title_full Personality profiling of pilots: traits and cognitive style
title_fullStr Personality profiling of pilots: traits and cognitive style
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title_short Personality profiling of pilots: traits and cognitive style
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topic sensation seeking
neuroticism
field dependence-independence
pilots
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