Skoglund Tom Hilding, Brekke Thor-Håvard, Steder Frank Brundtland, Boe Ole
Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Psychology Department, Bjørknes College, Oslo, Norway.
Front Psychol. 2020 May 5;11:747. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00747. eCollection 2020.
This study is the first to report on Big Five personality traits of employees in the Norwegian military Special Operations Forces (NORSOF). Three research questions were formulated for this study, aiming to investigate (1) whether age, number of combat-deployments and rank (OR/OF) had an impact on the personalities of NORSOF employees, (2) possible personality differences between personnel organized in the underlying departments of the NORSOF, and (3) if there were personality differences between SOF-operators and conventional forces applicants. SOF-operators from the Norwegian Special Operations Commando (FSK) and the Norwegian Naval Special Operations Commando (MJK) constituted 40% of the total NORSOF sample ( = 190), whilst the term SOF-support categorized the larger proportion of non-operators. Results indicated that younger employees tended to be lower on emotional stability than older colleagues, and that those without any combat-deployments were somewhat higher on agreeableness and a bit lower on emotional stability relative to employees with such experience. Additionally, personnel with officer ranks (OF) were higher on extraversion compared to specialists (OR). Results did not show any significant intradepartmental differences in mean personality trait scores. Compared to male applicants for basic officer training in conventional forces ( = 662), SOF-operators (all males) were less extroverted, less agreeable, and slightly more emotionally stable. The authors conclude that the NORSOF attracts and recruits personnel with similarities in their Big Five personalities. Furthermore, we suggest that the personality profile that emerged for the "average" Norwegian SOF-operator is a functional one, especially when considering the desired future image of the Special Forces operative as a Warrior-Diplomat.
本研究首次报告了挪威军事特种作战部队（NORSOF）员工的大五人格特质。本研究提出了三个研究问题，旨在调查：（1）年龄、战斗部署次数和军衔（军官/士官）是否对NORSOF员工的人格有影响；（2）NORSOF下属部门人员之间可能存在的人格差异；（3）特种作战部队（SOF）操作员与常规部队申请者之间是否存在人格差异。来自挪威特种作战突击队（FSK）和挪威海军特种作战突击队（MJK）的SOF操作员占NORSOF总样本的40%（n = 190），而“SOF支持人员”这一类别涵盖了较大比例的非操作员。结果表明，年轻员工在情绪稳定性方面往往低于年长同事，并且与有战斗部署经验的员工相比，没有任何战斗部署经验的员工在宜人性方面略高，在情绪稳定性方面略低。此外，军官军衔（OF）的人员在外向性方面高于士官（OR）。结果未显示部门内平均人格特质得分存在任何显著差异。与常规部队基础军官培训的男性申请者（n = 662）相比，SOF操作员（均为男性）更内向、更不随和，情绪稳定性略高。作者得出结论，NORSOF吸引和招募的人员在大五人格方面具有相似性。此外，我们认为，“普通”挪威SOF操作员所呈现的人格特征是功能性的，尤其是考虑到特种部队操作员未来理想的“战士 - 外交官”形象时。
