U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government, Department of Justice.

NCJRS Virtual Library

The Virtual Library houses over 235,000 criminal justice resources, including all known OJP works.
Click here to search the NCJRS Virtual Library

SUITABILITY OF THE CALIFORNIA TEST OF PERSONALITY AND ROKEACH'S DOGMATISM SCALE AS SELECTION INSTRUMENTS FOR SECURITY POLICE

NCJ Number
31317
Author(s)
G L CALDWELL
Date Published
1975
Length
94 pages
Annotation
A STUDY TO DETERMINE IF THE CALIFORNIA TEST OF PERSONALITY (CTP) AND ROKEACH'S DOGMATISM SCALE ARE SUITABLE FOR USE AS SCREENING INSTRUMENTS FOR AIR FORCE SECURITY POLICE.
Abstract
THIRTY-SIX AIR FORCE SECURITY POLICE ASSIGNED TO TURKEY COMPRISED THE SAMPLE FOR THIS STUDY. THE VARIABLES MEASURED BY THE INSTRUMENTS - PERSONAL ADJUSTMENT, SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT, TOTAL ADJUSTMENT, AND DEGREE OF DOGMATISM WERE COMPARED TO RATINGS GIVEN BY SENIOR SUPERVISORS. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE IF THERE WERE ANY RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE SUPERVISORY RATINGS AND THE SCORES ON THE CTP AND DOGMATISM SCALE. THE ANALYSIS REVEALED NO SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE RATINGS AND THE SCORES ON THE CTP OR ON THE DOGMATISM SCALE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)