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Relationships among education, a personality variable, & a wide variety of racial beliefs & attitudes are explored in a sample of 640 Detroit area whites. Education & an authoritarian type personality variable ("punitiveness") have similar correlations with indices measuring perceptions of black living conditions, perceptions of racial discrimination, feelings about casual interracial contact, & approaches to prevent racial violence. Punitiveness is more strongly related than education to racial stereotypes, attitudes toward interracial dating & marriage, & the R's potential discriminatory behavior. Punitiveness relates more strongly to all racial beliefs & attitudes for more-educated than less-educated R's, significantly so in the cases of perceptions of black living conditions & racial discrimination, racial stereotyping, potential discrimination, & approaches to prevent racial violence. 3 Tables. AA.

This study examined the criterion-related validity of the dimensions of a customized personality inventory in predicting different aspects of military performance. A cross-validity study was also carried out to establish the stability of the obtained regression weights. The sample consisted of 733 non-commissioned officers who filled out the personality inventory. Three different measures of performance (i.e., commendations, reprimands, and cumulative ranking) were used as the criteria in validating the inventory. Among the 11 dimensions of the inventory, emotional stability, directing and monitoring, self-discipline, and military bearing predicted commendations; determination was the only predictor for reprimands, and cumulative ranking was predicted by determination and adaptability. The cross-validity procedure showed that the obtained regression weights were stable, providing further support for the validity of the personality measures. Results yielded support for the argument that specific personality measures could be respectable predictors of different aspects of military performance.

This study examined the criterion-related validity of the dimensions of a customized personality inventory in predicting different aspects of military performance. A cross-validity study was also carried out to establish the stability of the obtained regression weights. The sample consisted of 733 non-commissioned officers who filled out the personality inventory. Three different measures of performance (i.e., commendations, reprimands, and cumulative ranking) were used as the criteria in validating the inventory. Among the 11 dimensions of the inventory, emotional stability, directing and monitoring, self-discipline, and military bearing predicted commendations; determination was the only predictor for reprimands, and cumulative ranking was predicted by determination and adaptability. The cross-validity procedure showed that the obtained regression weights were stable, providing further support for the validity of the personality measures. Results yielded support for the argument that specific personality measures could be respectable predictors of different aspects of military performance.