A scale for measuring work attitude for the MMPI.

Tydlaska, Mary; Mengel, Robert

doi:10.1037/h0062056

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“…Since its development, the MMPI appears to have been a popular psychological test. Tydlaska and Mengel (1953) noted it as being among the best personality tests available at that time. Yet, as they reported, despite its utility in hospital and clinics, it had not yet been used much for preemployment screening.…”

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Psychological preemployment screening for police candidates: Seeking consistency if not standardization.

Dantzker¹

2011

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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The psychological screening of police candidates is a hotly debated topic. The type of measures used lacks consistency and standardization. This often can lead to a candidate "shopping" for a psychologist who will eventually agree to his or her mental fitness for policing. More recently, the field of police psychology has received attention as a viable field of psychology, part of which involves the assessing of candidates for police employment. A possible hypothesis is that there would be consistency among police psychologists, who would differ from clinical psychologists, as to what measures should be used and why for assessing such candidates. Recent research suggests there is no consistency or differences.

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Psychological preemployment screening for police candidates: Seeking consistency if not standardization.

Dantzker¹

2011

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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“…Twenty-three per cent of the individuals in the total sample manifested significant elevations on the Work Attitude Scale (Tydlaska and Mengel, 1953), a measure of the degree to which symptoms are inter-Bring with the individuals' ability to behave productively. In most instances, the elevation is accompanied by elevations on the Harris and Lingoes subscales Lack of Cognitive Ego-mastery and Mental Dullness (Harris and Lingoes, 1968).…”

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