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This paper presents the results of a pilot programme to include psychological tests in the recruitment rules for candidates for military divers and scuba divers. A total of 207 candidates to undertake training at the Polish Army Divers and Scuba Divers Training Centre were examined. They were subjected to tests of mental fitness, tests examining personality traits, tests of psychomotor fitness and tests of general fitness.
Numerous psychological contraindications to undertake diving training and service were found; the most common was a low degree of mental fitness.
In conclusion, it was suggested that, following the example of other countries, psychological testing should be included in the selection of candidates for divers. The results of the tests, although not obligatory, were partly taken into account in the opinion issued by the Military Medical and Maritime Commission.
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This paper presents the results of a pilot programme to include psychological tests in the recruitment rules for candidates for military divers and scuba divers. A total of 207 candidates to undertake training at the Polish Army Divers and Scuba Divers Training Centre were examined. They were subjected to tests of mental fitness, tests examining personality traits, tests of psychomotor fitness and tests of general fitness.
Numerous psychological contraindications to undertake diving training and service were found; the most common was a low degree of mental fitness.
In conclusion, it was suggested that, following the example of other countries, psychological testing should be included in the selection of candidates for divers. The results of the tests, although not obligatory, were partly taken into account in the opinion issued by the Military Medical and Maritime Commission.

Selected Psychological Aspects of Recruiting Candidates for Diving and Scuba Diving

Polish Hyperbaric Research

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This paper presents the results of a pilot programme to include psychological tests in the recruitment rules for candidates for military divers and scuba...

Selected Psychological Aspects of Recruiting Candidates for Diving and Scuba Diving

Published Online: Jun 08, 2024

Page range: 63 - 68

Accepted: May 12, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/phr-2023-0017

Keywords
diver selection, psychological tests for divers, method selection

© 2023 Władysław Wolański et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Selected Psychological Aspects of Recruiting Candidates for Diving and Scuba Diving

Published Online: Jun 08, 2024

Page range: 63 - 68

Accepted: May 12, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/phr-2023-0017

Keywordsdiver selection, psychological tests for divers, method selection

© 2023 Władysław Wolański et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
diver selection, psychological tests for divers, method selection