Core negative self-evaluations discriminating accepted and rejected candidates to main aviation specializations
Date
2014
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Tartu Ülikool
Abstract
The aim of this study was the preliminary validation of a new questionnaire set, which is planned to
measure coherently negative aspects of individual‘s personality. The core negative self-evaluations
questionnaire set is comprised of five different types of questionnaires with 16 subscales of
measures of Attention (internal and external hindrances of attention and attention control), Control
(external control and planning-type of control), Self-esteem (negative self-esteem, responsibility,
psychopathy and narcissism), a longer measure of Narcissism (in 4 subscales), visual analogue scale
for anxiety and state-trait anxiety questionnaires. To estimate the validity and usefulness of the core
negative self evaluations measures we attempted to differentiate between accepted and rejected
applicants to the Estonian Aviation Academy using the scales and subscales described. These
categories of applicants could be differentiated by their score on all three attention scales, external
locus of control, negative self-esteem, responsibility, psychopathy, three narcissism subscales and
state- trait anxiety scales. The proposed core negative self-evaluations construct showed higher
potential in differentiating between accepted and rejected candidates than all cognitive tests and had
comparable differentiation power of a five factor personality trait questionnaire.