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Tajeiro, R, Mcllroy, D, Palace, M 
ORCID: 0000-0003-3016-2118, Paulo, RM and González Álvarez, JL
(2024)
The top tier of the Big Five does not predict police decisions in ambiguous and high-pressure situations.
Cogent Social Sciences, 10 (1).
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Abstract
Whilst the link between personality and decision-making has been studied across various domains, the predictive capability of the Big Five model (openness to experience, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism; Costa & McCrae, 2012) for police decisions in high-risk ambiguous situations under time pressure remains unexplored. One-hundred and fifty-six cadets in a Spanish police force’s commanders’ school (78.8% male, aged 21 to 54) responded to two expert-designed policing scenarios necessitating quick decisions in ambiguous and high-risk conditions, where they had to act or wait for more information through different stages. They then completed the Mini-IPIP (Donnellan et al., 2006). Statistical tests revealed no significant relationships between the Big Five and (a) participants' decision timing or (b) the appropriateness of their decisions (all p > .05). Linear regressions found no mediation by participants' gender or prior experience. The predictive power of the top tier of the Big Five in these scenarios is not supported; consideration is given to analysing at the facet or subdimension level.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Divisions: | Psychology (from Sep 2019) |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group |
| Date of acceptance: | 21 May 2024 |
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 23 May 2024 |
| Date Deposited: | 23 May 2024 11:46 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Jul 2025 11:45 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1080/23311886.2024.2359636 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/23354 |
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