Sentence completion test defensiveness and success in US military personnel selection

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ID11068019
AuthorsWilliam B Ridgway (0000-0002-6401-3113, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, corresponding author), Charles A Morgan (University of New Haven), Charles A Morgan III, James J Picano (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), Robert R Roland, Róbert Roland (California State University, Long Beach), Yaron G Rabinowitz (United States Department of the Navy)
Year2023
Volume104
Pages104384
Publication date2023-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Research in Personality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0092-6566 • E-ISSN: 1095-7251
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.jrp.2023.104384
OpenAlexW4376608584
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited18

The current two-part study examined SCT verbal defensiveness as a predictor of assessment and selection outcome among high-risk operational and military security program candidates. In addition, we examined the relationship between SCT verbal defensiveness and personality, as well as general cognitive ability. Candidates higher in SCT verbal defensiveness were less likely to be selected in both programs. SCT verbal defensiveness was negatively correlated with Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness, as well as other indices of behavioral dysregulation on the PAI, suggesting greater behavioral unreliability in those high in SCT verbal defensiveness. Data in both samples revealed no significant correlation between SCT verbal defensiveness and general cognitive ability. Overall, results suggest that SCT verbal defensiveness reflects situational demands and “darker” personality characteristics

Agreeableness · Big Five personality traits · Cognition · Conscientiousness · Developmental psychology · Extraversion and introversion · Neuroticism · Personality · Selection (genetic algorithm) · Sentence completion tests · Situational ethics · Verbal reasoning · Clinical Psychology · Emotional Intelligence and Performance · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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