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Personality characteristics of undergraduates with career interests in forensic identification
Author(s) -
Roberti Jonathan W.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2004.tb00885.x
Subject(s) - psychology , sensation seeking , forensic science , clinical psychology , normative , personality , hostility , identification (biology) , minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , big five personality traits , social psychology , medicine , philosophy , botany , epistemology , veterinary medicine , biology
The author assessed personality scores for 47 undergraduates enrolled in a forensic identification program. Results revealed no difference between men and women enrolled in the Forensic Identification Program on subscales of the Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS‐V), with the exception of Experience Seeking. Participants had lower Disinhibition scores when compared with normative data. Women scored higher on the Experience Seeking subscale of the SSS‐V and lower on the Aggression‐Hostility subscale (ZKPQ), and men had elevated scores on the Activity subscale of the ZKPQ when compared with normative findings. These findings provide a primer for greater understanding of undergraduates interested in forensic identification.