Occupational identity status development, gender comparisons, and internal-external control in first-year air force cadets

This study investigated the relationship between students’ occupational identity statuses and their mental health. A correlation analysis and cluster analysis were performed with a sample of 167 first-year agronomy students in Lithuania. It was expected that a higher statuses of occupational identity will be related to better mental health. Expectations have been fulfilled only for achievement status, indicating that achievement (the highest identity status) is positively related with general and all components of mental health. Moreover, foreclosure identity status also was positively related with general and three components of mental health. In addition, the results indicated that diffusion identity status was negatively related with real evaluation of subjectively perceived mental health. Clustering analysis proposed two profiles: first of students with better mental health and higher achievement and foreclosure statuses, and second cluster for students with poorer mental health and higher diffusion and higher moratorium statuses. Implications of these findings for university counsellors and for faculty are presented.

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The factor structure, metrical properties, and convergent validity of the third edition (1999) of the locus of control inventory

SA Journal of Industrial Psychology ◽

10.4102/sajip.v32i2.232 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 32 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Johann M Schepers ◽

Liezl Gropp ◽

DJ Geldenhuys

Keyword(s):

Locus Of Control ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Internal Control ◽

Convergent Validity ◽

Principal Factor ◽

External Control ◽

First Year ◽

Psychological Wellness ◽

The Third ◽

First Year University

The principal objective of the study was to examine the factor structure and metrical properties of the third edition (1999) of the Locus of Control Inventory (LCI). A corollary of the study was to examine the convergent validity of the instrument. After a thorough revision and extension of the scale to 88 items it was applied to a sample of 2091 first-year university students. Particular attention was paid to the shortcomings revealed in a study by de Bruin (2004). An iterative principal factor analysis of the scale was done. The three-factor-structure previously found was substantiated by the analysis. The obtained factors were interpreted as Autonomy, External Control and Internal Control. Highly acceptable reliabilities were obtained. As far as validity is concerned it was found that Internal Control and Autonomy are strongly related to Psychological Wellness and External Control negatively to Stress Management. The implications of the findings are discussed.

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The construction of a normative scale of locus of control

SA Journal of Industrial Psychology ◽

10.4102/sajip.v31i3.201 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 31 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Johann M. Schepers

Keyword(s):

Locus Of Control ◽

Internal Control ◽

Attribution Theory ◽

Social Learning Theory ◽

Primary Objective ◽

External Control ◽

First Year ◽

Cognitive Correlates ◽

Personality Correlates ◽

First Year University

The primary objective of the study was to construct a normative scale of locus of control for use with students and adults. A corollary of the study was to establish the personality, interest and cognitive correlates of locus of control. Conceptually the instrument is based on attribution theory and on social learning theory. The first edition of the Locus of Control Inventory (LCI) was applied to 356 first-year university students during 1994. A factor analysis of the 65 items of the inventory yielded three factors. The factors were interpreted as Autonomy, Internal Control and External Control. Three scales, corresponding to the three factors, were constructed, and yielded reliability coefficients of 0,80; 0,77 and 0,81 respectively. Following this the cognitive, interest and personality correlates of the LCI were determined. The implications of the findings are discussed. Opsomming Die hoofdoel van die studie was die konstruksie van ’n normatiewe skaal van lokus van beheer vir gebruik met studente en volwassenes. ’n Newe-doelwit van die studie was om die persoonlikheids-, belangstellings- en kognitiewe korrelate van lokus van beheer te bepaal. Konseptueel is die instrument op attribusieteorie en sosiale-leerteorie gebaseer. Die eerste-uitgawe van die Lokus van Beheervraelys (LvB) is op 356 eerstejaaruniversiteitstudente toegepas gedurende 1994. ’n Faktorontleding van die 65 items van die vraelys is gedoen en het drie faktore opgelewer. Die faktore is as Outonomie, Interne Beheer en Eksterne Beheer geïnterpreteer. Voorts is drie skale wat ooreenstem met die drie faktore, gekonstrueer en het betroubaarhede van 0,80; 0,77 en 0,81, onderskeidelik, opgelewer. Vervolgens is die kognitiewe, belangstellings- en persoonlikheidskorrelate van die LvB bepaal. Die implikasies van die bevindinge word bespreek.

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Arthur Wormall, 1900-1964

Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society ◽

10.1098/rsbm.1966.0028 ◽

1966 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

pp. 543-564 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Air Force ◽

Good Deal ◽

Early Years ◽

First Year ◽

Royal Air Force ◽

Modern School ◽

Short Period ◽

Physiology And Biochemistry ◽

The University

Arthur Wormall was born on 17 January 1900, in Leeds. He was the second of four children (two sons and two daughters) of James William Wormall, a printer and lithographer by trade, and his wife, Anne Wormall [neePhillis). At eleven years Arthur Wormall won a Junior City Scholarship to the Boys’ Modern School, Leeds, and at seventeen was awarded a Senior City Scholarship to Leeds University where he read for the Honours B.Sc. degree in chemistry under Professor J. B. Cohen, F.R.S. One of Wormall’s closest friends during these early years was H. R. Whitehead, who graduated at the same time as Wormall and married Wormall’s youngest sister, Ellen. From the time he entered the University in October 1917, Wormall served in the O.T.C. and he joined the Royal Air Force in June 1918, at the end of his first year. The 1914-1918 war came to an end suddenly in November, and so, after a short period of service, he was demobilized and was able to resume his studies. He graduated in 1921 and immediately started research and a year later was appointed Demonstrator in Biochemistry in the Department of Physiology and Biochemistry. In 1925 Wormall married Eva Jackson. In these early days at the University Wormall lived on the outskirts of Leeds, did not travel to any extent, and was much interested in his own county, Yorkshire. He played a good deal of cricket, golf and tennis, and several times went with the University team to play cricket matches against teams in Holland and Belgium.

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Profiles Of Religious Identity Status Of First-Year University Students And Its Implication To Guidance And Counseling

Proceedings of the 8th UPI-UPSI International Conference 2018 (UPI-UPSI 2018) ◽

10.2991/upiupsi-18.2019.12 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Galuh Prawitasari ◽

Suwarjo ◽

Sigit Sanyata

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Religious Identity ◽

Identity Status ◽

First Year ◽

Guidance And Counseling ◽

First Year University

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Muscular Fitness Improves during the First Year of Academy Studies among Fighter Pilot Cadets

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17249168 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (24) ◽

pp. 9168

Author(s):

Tuomas Honkanen ◽

Harri Rintala ◽

Jani P. Vaara ◽

Heikki Kyröläinen

Keyword(s):

Air Force ◽

High Performance ◽

Muscle Endurance ◽

First Year ◽

Occupational Performance ◽

Trunk Flexion ◽

Air Force Academy ◽

Muscular Fitness ◽

Leg Extension ◽

Trunk Extension

Background: An adequate level of muscular fitness is related to occupational performance in military personnel, including pilots flying high performance aircraft. The aim of this study was to describe the baseline level and the change in muscular fitness between the first and the second years of the Air Force Academy among fighter pilot cadets. Methods: The muscular strength and endurance test results of 182 male fighter pilot cadets were analyzed during their first year in the Air Force Academy and one year after. Maximal isometric strength tests included trunk flexion, trunk extension and bilateral leg extension tests, whereas muscle endurance was measured with modified a sit-up test and seated alternative dumbbell press. Results: The maximal isometric bilateral strength of the leg extensor muscles increased from 220 ± 42 to 232 ± 42 kg. The maximal isometric trunk extension strength increased from 117 ± 21 to 120 ± 19 kg and trunk flexion from 82 ± 16 to 86 ± 17 kg. Muscle endurance increased from 68 ± 13 to 75 ± 15 repetitions/min in seated dumbbell press and from 47 ± 12 to 51 ± 13 repetitions/min in sit-up test. Conclusions: Both maximal strength and muscular endurance improved among fighter pilot cadets, which indicates that occupational performance is well maintained or improved from the perspective of physical fitness during the early phase of academy studies. Education in the Air Force Academy, including physical education, seems beneficial in improving muscular fitness among military pilots.

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