Personality Assessments & Their Applications

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Predictive Validity of an Automated Personality Inventory for Air Force Pilot Selection. Siem

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Retzlaff, P.D., King, R.E., & Callister, J.D. (1995). U.S. Air Force pilot training completion and retention: A ten year follow-up on psychological testing (AL/AO TR-1995-0124) Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

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King, R.E., Callister, J.D., Retzlaff, P.D., & McGlohn, S.E. (1997).  Pilot personality: Gender and career-level differences (AL/AO-TR-1997-0095). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

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Callister, J.D., King, R.E., Retzlaff, P.D., & Marsh, R.W. (1997).  Using the NEO-PI-R to assess the personality of US Air Force pilots. (AL/AO-TR-1997-0097). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

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McGlohn, S.E., King, R.E., Retzlaff, P.D., Flynn, C.F., & Butler, J.W. (1996).  Psychological characteristics of United States Air Force pilots (AL/AO TR-1996-0097). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

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Retzlaff, P.D., King, R.E., McGlohn, S.E., & Callister, J.D. (1996).  The Development of the Armstrong Laboratory Aviation Personality Survey (ALAPS) (AL/AO TR-1996-0108) Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

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Retzlaff, P.D., Callister, J.D., & King, R.E. (1997).  The Armstrong Laboratory Aviation Personality Survey (ALAPS): Norming and cross-validation (AL/AO-TR-1997-0099). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

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King, R.E., Orme, D.R., & Retzlaff, P.D. (2001).  US Air Force pilot psychological baseline information compared to safety outcomes. (AFSC-TR-2001-0001). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

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King, R.E., McGlohn, S.E., & Retzlaff, P.D. (1997).  Female United States Air Force pilot personality: The new right stuff.  Military Medicine, 162, 695-697.

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Revised NEO Personality Inventory Profiles of Male and Female U.S. Air Force Pilots

Guarantor: Maj Joseph D. Callister, USAF BSC
Contributors: Maj Joseph D. Callister, USAF BSC*; Maj Raymond E. King, USAF BSC; Capt Paul D. Retzlaff, USAF BSC (Ret.) & Col Royden W. Marsh, USAF MC (Ret.) MILITARY MEDICINE, 164. 12:885. 1999

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Assessing aviators for personality pathology with the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI).  RAYMOND E.. KING, M.A., Psy.D. Aviat. Space Environ.Med. 1994; 65:227-3 1 .

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The Myth of a Pilot Personality and The Need for Accurate Personality Assessment. Joseph D. Callister, Raymond E. King, Paul D. Retzlaff.  Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Columbus OH.  27 Apr - 1 May 1997.  pp 1100-1104 Copyrighted copies author available upon request

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King, R.E. & Flynn, C.F. (1995).  Defining and measuring the "right stuff:" Neuropsychiatrically Enhanced Flight Screening (N-EFS). Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 66, 951-956.

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King, R.E. & McGlohn, S.E. (November 1996).  Characteristics of female and male USAF pilots: Selection and training implications. Selection and Training Advances in Aviation, AGARD-CP-588.

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King, R.E., Callister, J.D., & Retzlaff, P.D. (1998).  Assessing operators' potential for collaboration in complex systems.  Collaborative Crew Performance in Complex Operational Systems, RTO-MP-4.

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King, R.E. (2000).  Remote operators:  Empirically validating a comprehensive screening program to help counter an increasingly hostile aerial environment.  Countering the Directed Energy Threat:  Are Closed Cockpits the Ultimate Answer?, RTO-MP-30.

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Berg, J.S., Moore, J.L., Retzlaff, P.D., King, R.E. (2002).  Assessment of personality and crew interaction skills in successful naval aviators. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 73, 575-579.

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Retzlaff, P.D., King, R.E., Callister, J.D., Orme, D.R., & Marsh, R.W. (2002). The Armstrong Laboratory Aviation Personality Survey: Development, norming and validation.  Military Medicine, 167, 1026 - 1032

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