Personality and the perception of situation structure in a military environment: seeking sensation versus structure as a soldier

Parmak, Merle; Mylle, Jacques; Euwema, Martin

doi:10.1111/jasp.12067

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“…On the other hand, the LORC-EtoR-32 misperception magnitude was positively correlated with the Impulsive sensation seeking in military men, indicating that the lower Impulsive sensation seeking decreased the misperception magnitude of the illusion. The correlation was in line with a study showing that the sensation seeking trait was negatively correlated with soldiers’ perception of situation structure in a military environment [28] . Moreover, higher attention-manipulation reduced the susceptibility of the Müller-Lyer illusion in normal people [7] .…”

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Personality traits and perception of Müller-Lyer illusion in male Chinese military soldiers and university students

Zhang

Liu

Wang

et al. 2017

Translational Neuroscience

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BackgroundIn military men, performance such as gun-shooting precision relies on factors such as the ability to resist visual illusion, and this misperception of visual stimulus might be linked with sensation seeking related personality.MethodsWe have invited 103 male military men and 104 age-matched university male students to undergo the experiment of the Brentano version of the Müller-Lyer illusion and the Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire (ZKPQ) tests.ResultsThe military men scored significantly lower than students did on the ZKPQ Impulsive Sensation Seeking test but higher on Aggression-Hostility and Sociality test, and displayed less misperception magnitude to the illusion. The Impulsive Sensation Seeking, Neuroticism-Anxiety and Aggression-Hostility traits in military men, and the Activity in students were respectively correlated with the misperception magnitudes of the illusion in different manners.ConclusionLimited results in our study have indicated that the military men had pronounced personality traits which were correlated with the misperception magnitude of the Müller-Lyer illusion.

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Personality traits and perception of Müller-Lyer illusion in male Chinese military soldiers and university students

Zhang

Liu

Wang

et al. 2017

Translational Neuroscience

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“…We found few researchers with long-term interests in military risk-taking and sensation seeking: An Israeli group, with Ben-Shalom (two publications) and Glicksohn (three publications) as main investigators, has carried out quite unique studies of military veterans from the Special Forces (Ben-Shalom & Glicksohn, 2013;Glicksohn & Bozna, 2000;Glicksohn et al, 2004); an Estonian research group with Parmak (three publications) as main investigator has done interesting studies on sensation seeking in relation to need for structure (Parmak et al, 2012;Parmak et al, 2013Parmak et al, , 2014; a French group led by Sicard (four publications) has developed and used the EVAR risk scale Sicard et al, 1999;Sicard, Jouve, Couderc, & Blin, 2001;Sicard et al, 2003); a Norwegian group (two publications) has looked at risk perceptions (Kobbeltvedt et al, 2005;Kobbeltvedt et al, 2004); a Swedish group (two publications) has investigated safety culture (Börjesson et al, 2011(Börjesson et al, , 2015; and an Indian team (two publications) has been looking at safety attitudes in aviation culture .…”

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“…In Parmak et al (2013), Sensation Seeking and Need for Structure were related to soldiers' perception of complexity (predictability) and potential harms (riskiness) involved in two field exercise tasks. The sample consisted of 291 male Estonian recruits from an Infantry battalion.…”

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“…Parmak has been principal investigator in several studies of Estonian soldiers deployed to the Helmand province in Afghanistan, as part of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). The focus has been on "Sensation Seeking" versus "Need for Structure" (Parmak, Mylle, & Euwema, 2013). This contrast is meaningful because the environment in operational deployments is typically characterized by elevated risks and unpredictable incidents, as well as tightly organized life, regulations, and duties.…”

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Risk-Taking and Sensation Seeking in Military Contexts: A Literature Review

Breivik

Sand²,

Sookermany

2019

Sage Open

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The article is based on a literature review of studies covering risk-taking and sensation seeking within military contexts over a time span of 3 decades from 1983 to 2015. Literature was gathered through a four-stage search procedure identifying 25 studies of risk-taking and 16 studies of sensation seeking altogether. Because warfare and military conflicts are dangerous and risky pursuits, one could imagine there being a lot of empirical research about risk-taking and sensation seeking in the military. We have found this not to be the case. The research is both small in volume and scattered when it comes to use of theories, methods, and samples of military personnel. In general, there seem to be few clear research paradigms. The results of the empirical studies show that there are adaptive as well as nonadaptive forms of risk-taking in relation to military situations. Similarly, military personnel scoring high on sensation seeking possess certain advantages, for instance, dealing with stress and risk, yet may also cause problems of various kinds. The review ends by pointing out implications for research and practice.

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“…Some researchers suggest that temperament traits can play a significant role in responses to trauma both in emergency-services professionals as well as in soldiers. Most indicate that neuroticism and negative emotionality intensify symptoms of trauma [8][9][10], and extroversion and sensation seeking are buffers for its development [11][12][13][14]. The Regulative Theory of Temperament (RTT) [15] also emphasizes the role of temperament in human responses to stressful situations.…”

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Temperamental correlates of trauma symptoms in firemen, policemen and soldiers

Oniszczenko¹

2014

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

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Objectives:The main goal of the research was to assess temperamental determinants of trauma symptoms in firemen, policemen and soldiers. The temperament traits which were considered were those postulated by the Regulative Theory of Temperament (briskness, perseveration, sensory sensitivity, emotional reactivity, endurance and activity). Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was run on non-clinical samples. The participants were 417 men, White-Caucasian only: 284 firemen (aged 21-55), 58 policemen (aged 22-45), and 75 soldiers (aged 21-42). Temperament was assessed using the Formal Characteristics of Behavior -Temperament Inventory. Intensity of trauma symptoms was assessed with the PTSD-Factorial Version Inventory, a quantitative measure of trauma-related symptoms. The respondents were examined in their place of work. The study included only men reporting at least 1 traumatic event during the year before the trauma diagnosis. Results: Emotional reactivity had a significant positive effect on the intensity of trauma symptoms only in the group of firemen. Emotional reactivity accounted for 16% of the variance of trauma intensity symptoms in this occupational group. Negative significant effect on trauma symptoms was found for briskness only in the soldiers group (briskness explained 20% trauma intensity variance in this group). Conclusions: Emotional reactivity was conducive to the increased trauma symptoms intensity in firemen, whereas briskness tended to reduce symptoms intensity only in the group of soldiers.

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Personality and the perception of situation structure in a military environment: seeking sensation versus structure as a soldier

Cited by 10 publications

References 52 publications

Personality traits and perception of Müller-Lyer illusion in male Chinese military soldiers and university students

Personality traits and perception of Müller-Lyer illusion in male Chinese military soldiers and university students

Risk-Taking and Sensation Seeking in Military Contexts: A Literature Review

Temperamental correlates of trauma symptoms in firemen, policemen and soldiers

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