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  • Psychological assessment in military contexts
  • Personnel selection and evaluation

Background:

  • Project A highlighted performance's multidimensional nature, with noncognitive measures predicting certain aspects.
  • Subsequent research focused on personality and vocational interests for personnel selection.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the utility of the Tailored Adaptive Personality Assessment System (TAPAS) in predicting military performance.
  • To assess the predictive validity of vocational interest measures for military personnel outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Evaluation of the Tailored Adaptive Personality Assessment System (TAPAS) for faking resistance and predictive validity.
  • Analysis of three vocational interest measures' ability to predict attrition, promotion, reenlistment, and job satisfaction.
  • Comparison of TAPAS incremental validity against the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB).

Main Results:

  • TAPAS demonstrated faking resistance and predicted 'will do' performance aspects and retention.
  • TAPAS offered minimal incremental validity for 'can do' performance beyond ASVAB.
  • Vocational interest measures positively predicted attrition, promotion, reenlistment, and job satisfaction.

Conclusions:

  • Personality measures like TAPAS are valuable for predicting military retention and 'will do' performance.
  • Vocational interests are significant predictors of various military career outcomes.
  • Further research is needed to fully understand the role of noncognitive measures in personnel selection.