@article{ref1,
title="The Revised NEO Personality Inventory as predictor of police academy performance",
journal="Criminal justice and behavior",
year="2004",
author="Detrick, Paul and Chibnall, John T. and Luebbert, Michael C.",
volume="31",
number="6",
pages="676-694",
abstract="Preemployment psychological evaluation utilizing personality inventories is common in law enforcement settings. The Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R), developed from the five-factor theory of normal personality functioning, has proven useful in personnel selection. This study examined the predictive validity of NEO PI-R facet scales for predicting academic, firearms, physical, and disciplinary elements of police academy performance, as well as academy graduation. <br><br>RESULTS indicated that recruits higher in Values and lower in Excitement-Seeking did better academically, those lower in Anxiety did better at firearms, and those lower in Deliberation and Fantasy and higher in Activity did better in physical training. In a logistic regression analysis, Excitement-Seeking, Ideas, and Values predicted disciplinary memos, whereas Self-Consciousness, Altruism, Feelings, Order, Positive Emotions, and Vulnerability predicted absenteeism. Vulnerability to stress was the sole multivariate predictor of graduation. The use of the NEO PI-R as a selection instrument for police officers appears promising.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0093-8548",
doi="10.1177/0093854804268751",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854804268751"
}