New study: Low self-esteem predicts dropout from military training, beyond factors like demographics, self-reported fitness, and the Big Five. This matters because, especially in conscript forces, dropout undermines morale, reduces troop strength, and wastes training costs.
doi.org/10.1525/coll...
doi.org/10.1525/coll...
Personality and Dropout From Military Training
This prospective study examined whether Big Five traits and self-esteem predict voluntary and involuntary dropout from military training, beyond the effects of age, education, and self-reported physic...
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August 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
New study: Low self-esteem predicts dropout from military training, beyond factors like demographics, self-reported fitness, and the Big Five. This matters because, especially in conscript forces, dropout undermines morale, reduces troop strength, and wastes training costs.
doi.org/10.1525/coll...
doi.org/10.1525/coll...
Philippe Goldammer and colleagues have published an excellent paper deriving well-founded guidelines for identifying careless responding and improving data quality. A useful read for anyone working with self-report data.
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
Careless responding detection revisited: Accuracy of direct and indirect measures - Behavior Research Methods
To screen for careless responding, researchers have a choice between several direct measures (i.e., bogus items, requiring the respondent to choose a specific answer) and indirect measures (i.e., unob...
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April 6, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Philippe Goldammer and colleagues have published an excellent paper deriving well-founded guidelines for identifying careless responding and improving data quality. A useful read for anyone working with self-report data.
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
link.springer.com/article/10.3...