TY - JOUR
T1 - Profiling the profilers
T2 - Who is watching our backs?
AU - Glicksohn, Joseph
AU - Rechtman, Shelly
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - A total of 87 males, ranging in age between 22 and 41, comprised two participating groups: 43 professional bodyguards and 44 controls. They completed the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised, short version, and the Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS). , Form V; they then completed the Group Embedded Figures Task. Bodyguards were predicted and found to be prosocial sensation seekers, scoring low on Neuroticism, and exhibiting marked field independence. We contrast our data with those of a previous study looking at two other risky professions, and offer some suggestions for the effective screening of candidates for VIP protection.
AB - A total of 87 males, ranging in age between 22 and 41, comprised two participating groups: 43 professional bodyguards and 44 controls. They completed the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised, short version, and the Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS). , Form V; they then completed the Group Embedded Figures Task. Bodyguards were predicted and found to be prosocial sensation seekers, scoring low on Neuroticism, and exhibiting marked field independence. We contrast our data with those of a previous study looking at two other risky professions, and offer some suggestions for the effective screening of candidates for VIP protection.
KW - Bodyguards
KW - Field dependence
KW - Neuroticism
KW - Sensation seeking
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79551574999&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2010.12.010
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2010.12.010
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SN - 0191-8869
VL - 50
SP - 755
EP - 758
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
IS - 5
ER -