Personality Characteristics of Successful Navy Submarine Personnel

Moes, G S; Lall, R; Johnson, W. Brad

doi:10.1093/milmed/161.4.239

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“…The SNAP's diagnostic scales are also being used in research and clinical settings (e.g., Moes, Lall, & Johnson, 1996), but much less information is available regarding their psychometric properties. Items are similar to the criteria for PDs in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.)…”

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The Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality (Snap)

Melley

Oltmanns²,

Turkheimer

2002

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The authors investigated the test-retest reliability and predictive validity of the diagnostic scales from the Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality (SNAP). Participants were identified from a sample of 240 undergraduates who completed the SNAP and the Social Adjustment Scale (SAS-SR) at Time 1. The authors selected 50 people who met criteria for a personality disorder (PD) based on the SNAP and 50 who did not qualify for a diagnosis. Eighty-three of these people completed the SNAP and the SAS-SR for a second time approximately 9 months after initial screening. SNAP PD scales were relatively stable over time. Test-retest correlation coefficients ranged from .58 to .81. Scores on diagnostic scales for paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal PD were inversely related to self-reported levels of adjustment for social roles concerned with work as a student, leisure activities, and relationships with family. The results provide some evidence for the validity of the SNAP

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The Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality (Snap)

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Oltmanns²,

Turkheimer

2002

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“…Likewise, certain dispositional traits associated with adaptive coping have been described among US Navy (USN) submarine crews, including detachment, propriety, and workaholism (Moes, Johnson, & Lall, 1996), and South African Navy (SAN) submariners, including adventurousness, confidence, group orientation, and precision (Van Wijk & Waters, 2000). Both SAN divers and submariners score high on sense of coherence scales, suggesting a positive dispositional orientation to life (Van Wijk, 2008).…”

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“…Relatively homogenous psychological profiles have been reported for these specialists (e.g., divers : Beckman et al, 1996;Van Wijk & Waters, 2001; or submariners: Moes et al, 1996;Van Wijk & Waters, 2000), who are also exposed to the same potential stressors and environmental demands (e.g., Suedfeld & Steel, 2000). The first study thus aimed to investigate whether members of these specialist groups would then also favor similar coping response styles.…”

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Coping in Context: Dispositional and Situational Coping of Navy Divers and Submariners

Wijk¹,

Charles²

2017

Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments

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Specialists working in isolated, confined, and extreme environments may need to negotiate unique combinations of potentially stressful circumstances. This paper reports on three studies using the Brief COPE to examine some of the dispositional and situational coping strategies reported by navy divers and submariners.The first study investigated whether individual members of these specialist groups would favor similar coping response styles, and found that divers (N 5 174) and submariners (N 5 195) generally report similar coping styles, with some context appropriate nuances in their reports. Further, they share much of their profiles with other high-demand occupational settings, making their coping style profiles unique only in degree, rather than direction.The second study examined whether these navy specialists' coping response styles would be stable across time, and through repeat administration of the Brief COPE (N 5 237), found that they were remarkably stable over a period of almost 2 years.The third study investigated whether the same dispositional profile will be visible during specific submarine missions, or whether different, e.g., situational, coping strategies would be reported on board. Submariners appear to rely on similar coping strategies whether ashore or at sea, while also drawing on additional-and contextually appropriate-situational strategies while at sea. Thus while they rely on dispositional coping styles, they also seem responsive to changing environments during deployments.Practically, these findings could be used to assist divers and submariners to develop optimal coping strategies suited to their environments.

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“…Slater 25 noted that obsessional neurosis in soldiers seemed to be more closely associated with preexistent personality traits than most other neurotic disorders. Of occupationally successful submariners in the US Navy cohort, 9% met criteria for obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, 26 and one study found that officers may be more likely to possess obsessional 'features' than other ranks. 27 In another study, obsessive-compulsive, depressive and anxiety symptoms were more common in a cohort of Chinese officers over 30 years of age.…”

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UK extended Medical Assessment Programme for ex-service personnel: the first 150 individuals seen

Palmer

2012

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Aims and method To describe an interim service set up to examine the breadth of UK ex-service personnel's concerns in relation to their mental health and military service and provide a record of the first 150 individuals assessed following conformation of military service and examination of all available military and civilian medical records.Results The majority of attendees were White male ex-soldiers. Average age, service and time to assessment were 44.5, 15.8 and 11.7 years respectively. Two-thirds were receiving help from the National Health Service and ex-service nongovernmental organisations. Rates of post-traumatic stress disorder were similar to previous UK studies. Obsessional symptoms were of relevance to the clinical presentation in a third. Fabrication and/or exaggeration occurred in about 10%. Clinical implicationsThe spread of diagnoses and delay in help-seeking are similar to civilians. The link between mental disorders and military service is seldom straightforward and fabrication or exaggeration is difficult for civilians to recognise. Verification and contextualisation of service using contemporaneous service medical records is important given the possible occupational origin of mental health conditions.Declaration of interest I.P. is employed by the Pensions, Compensation and Veterans Department of the UK Ministry of Defence. The Ministry had no input into the completion or presentation of this paper and sought no changes.

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Personality Characteristics of Successful Navy Submarine Personnel

Cited by 17 publications

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The Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality (Snap)

The Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality (Snap)

Coping in Context: Dispositional and Situational Coping of Navy Divers and Submariners

UK extended Medical Assessment Programme for ex-service personnel: the first 150 individuals seen

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