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Personality Differentiation in a Police-Selection Interview

NCJ Number
93261
Journal
Journal of Applied Psychology Volume: 69 Issue: 1 Dated: (February 1984) Pages: 129-134
Author(s)
S P James; I M Campbell; S A Lovegrove
Date Published
1984
Length
6 pages
Annotation
This study investigated the selection policy of the Victoria Police Department's oral interview board in terms of personality differentiation among interviewees through the administration of the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) to a sample of 150 men and 129 women applicants for police service.
Abstract
Principal components analysis of the interview ratings indicated that two components reflected the dimensions of assessment for both samples. The first component, which accounted for 50% of the interview variance, had moderate associations with a cluster of CPI scales that suggested a selection policy concerned with social conformity among the men. There was no pattern that reflected a systematic selection policy for the women in the first component. The second interview component was based on educational measurements for both samples. (Author abstract)

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