Adaptability Screening. Development and Initial Validation of the Recruiting Background Questionnaire (RBQ).

摘要

The purpose of this effort was to develop and validate a background questionnaire that would differentiate applicants for enlistment on the basis of their propensity to complete their obligated service. Two forms of the Recruiting Background Questionnaire (RBQ) were developed and administered to applicants. Those who joined the Navy (N = 15,434) have been followed through 6 months of service. RBQ scores and the attrition measures correlated most highly in the male high school graduate sample, and at lower, though still significant levels, for the male non-high-school graduates and for females. A composite of RBQ scores and SCREEN table scores correlated at higher levels than did scores for either instrument when used alone. (Author)