TY - JOUR
T1 - Predicting law enforcement officer job performance with the personality assessment inventory
AU - Lowmaster, Sara E.
AU - Morey, Leslie C.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported in part by Sara E. Lowmas-ter’s appointment to the Student Research Participation Program at the U.S. Army Public Health Command (Provisional) administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education through an interagency agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy and USAPHC (Prov).
PY - 2012/5/1
Y1 - 2012/5/1
N2 - This study examined the descriptive and predictive characteristics of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI; Morey, 1991) in a sample of 85 law enforcement officer candidates. Descriptive results indicate that mean PAI full-scale and subscale scores are consistently lower than normative community sample scores, with some exceptions noted typically associated with defensive responding. Predictive validity was examined by relating PAI full-scale and subscale scores to supervisor ratings in the areas of job performance, integrity problems, and abuse of disability status. Modest correlations were observed for all domains; however, predictive validity was moderated by defensive response style, with greater predictive validity observed among less defensive responders. These results suggest that the PAI's full scales and subscales are able to predict law enforcement officers performance, but their utility is appreciably improved when taken in the context of indicators of defensive responding.
AB - This study examined the descriptive and predictive characteristics of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI; Morey, 1991) in a sample of 85 law enforcement officer candidates. Descriptive results indicate that mean PAI full-scale and subscale scores are consistently lower than normative community sample scores, with some exceptions noted typically associated with defensive responding. Predictive validity was examined by relating PAI full-scale and subscale scores to supervisor ratings in the areas of job performance, integrity problems, and abuse of disability status. Modest correlations were observed for all domains; however, predictive validity was moderated by defensive response style, with greater predictive validity observed among less defensive responders. These results suggest that the PAI's full scales and subscales are able to predict law enforcement officers performance, but their utility is appreciably improved when taken in the context of indicators of defensive responding.
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U2 - 10.1080/00223891.2011.648295
DO - 10.1080/00223891.2011.648295
M3 - Article
C2 - 22224672
AN - SCOPUS:84859993467
VL - 94
SP - 254
EP - 261
JO - Journal of Personality Assessment
JF - Journal of Personality Assessment
SN - 0022-3891
IS - 3
ER -