Temperament Structure Scales TSS: A Reliable Method of Personality Assessment for Pilot Selection.

Abstract

In a long-term research project the German Aerospace Research Establishment DLR developed the TSS which is a multidimensional personality questionnaire for the psychological evaluation in pilot selection. The method covers ten well-established traits from three major areas of personality: Work-oriented scales are achievement motivation, rigidity vs. flexibility, mobility/risk taking, and vitality. Scales concerned with interpersonal behavior are extraversion vs. introversion, aggressiveness, and dominance. Scales of stress resistance vs. emotionality are emotional stability, empathy, and spoiltness. The TSS are constructed solely for the administration in personnel selection programs. Therefore, the TSS do not lose the power of reliable differentiation under conditions of selection in which most standard personality inventories fail.