Validity of psychological test items for selecting crew members for the 2014 World Tank Championship
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Psychological Department of the Second Military Medical University Shanghai,Psychological Department of the Second Military Medical University Shanghai,Psychological Department of the Second Military Medical University Shanghai,Unit 73049

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Supported by PLA Research Project of “the 12th Five-Year-Plan” for Medical Science and Technology (CWS12J015).

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    Objective To study the validity of psychological test items for selecting the crew members for the 2014 World Tank Championship. Methods Totally 36 candidates (21-33 years old) were assessed with items in Uchida-Kraepelin test, EPQ, EP707A Fingers Flexibility Instrument, EP706 Attention Distribution Instrument and Situational Judgement test. Results The comprehensive rankings of psychological test results well fit with their rankings in the military competence, with kappa value higher than 0.75. Conclusion The five tests in this study can well predict the performance of the subjects, indicating that the involved items have satisfactory validity.

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  • Received:October 31,2014
  • Revised:December 09,2014
  • Adopted:January 04,2015
  • Online: February 12,2015
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