{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1591926302","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1943-278x.1973.tb00116.x","title":"Some Personality Characteristics of Skydivers","display_name":"Some Personality Characteristics of Skydivers","publication_year":1973,"publication_date":"1973-03-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1591926302","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1943-278x.1973.tb00116.x","mag":"1591926302"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1111/j.1943-278x.1973.tb00116.x","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1943-278x.1973.tb00116.x","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1943-278x.1973.tb00116.x","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S50059124","display_name":"Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior","issn_l":"0363-0234","issn":["0363-0234","1943-278X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-b","erih-plus","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","medline","norway-1","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5111597418","display_name":"John L. Delk","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I138006243","display_name":"University of Arizona","ror":"https://ror.org/03m2x1q45","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I138006243"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"John L. Delk","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Arizona"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Arizona","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I138006243"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5111597418"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I138006243"],"apc_list":{"value":3700,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3700},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":10,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.19900083,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":87,"max":95},"biblio":{"volume":"3","issue":"1","first_page":"51","last_page":"57"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13060","display_name":"Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking","score":0.9448000192642212,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1409","display_name":"Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13060","display_name":"Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking","score":0.9448000192642212,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1409","display_name":"Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11040","display_name":"Personality Traits and Psychology","score":0.048700001090765,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3203","display_name":"Clinical Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11793","display_name":"Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management","score":0.0012000000569969416,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1409","display_name":"Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/personality-traits","display_name":"personality traits","score":0.8069999814033508},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mmpi","display_name":"MMPI","score":0.4970000088214874},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/verbal-intelligence","display_name":"verbal intelligence","score":0.8420000076293945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/anxiety","display_name":"anxiety","score":0.4480000138282776},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/depression","display_name":"depression","score":0.8330000042915344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/phobic-disorders","display_name":"phobia","score":0.8370000123977661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sensation-seeking","display_name":"sensation seeking","score":0.6629999876022339},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/hedonism","display_name":"hedonism","score":0.7360000014305115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/impulsivity","display_name":"impulsivity","score":0.5460000038146973},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/extraversion","display_name":"extraversion","score":0.7379999756813049},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/religious-nonconformity","display_name":"religious nonconformity","score":0.6700000166893005},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/free-fall","display_name":"free fall","score":0.46000000834465027}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166523933","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q556298","display_name":"Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory","level":3,"score":0.8464019894599915},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C44725695","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q288156","display_name":"Normative","level":2,"score":0.7303259372711182},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.6751713156700134},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187288502","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q641118","display_name":"Personality","level":2,"score":0.6195241212844849},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779026634","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1475455","display_name":"Personality test","level":4,"score":0.5500303506851196},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C558461103","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q154430","display_name":"Anxiety","level":2,"score":0.515531063079834},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780791683","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q846785","display_name":"Action (physics)","level":2,"score":0.5059656500816345},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777267654","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3519023","display_name":"Test (biology)","level":2,"score":0.4679832458496094},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C70410870","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199906","display_name":"Clinical psychology","level":1,"score":0.42645758390426636},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.3829832673072815},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C118552586","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7867","display_name":"Psychiatry","level":1,"score":0.2845752239227295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C171606756","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q506132","display_name":"Psychometrics","level":2,"score":0.23570439219474792},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C116211729","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5372350","display_name":"Test validity","level":3,"score":0.1294359564781189},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151730666","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205","display_name":"Paleontology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1111/j.1943-278x.1973.tb00116.x","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1943-278x.1973.tb00116.x","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1943-278x.1973.tb00116.x","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S50059124","display_name":"Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior","issn_l":"0363-0234","issn":["0363-0234","1943-278X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-b","erih-plus","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","medline","norway-1","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3","score":0.6240000128746033,"display_name":"Good health and well-being"}],"study_designs":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/observational-study","display_name":"Observational Study"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":7,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W591543895","https://openalex.org/W1913038561","https://openalex.org/W1973056693","https://openalex.org/W2036548139","https://openalex.org/W2093501909","https://openalex.org/W2132387635","https://openalex.org/W2975546916"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2091764834","https://openalex.org/W2028230171","https://openalex.org/W4402707745","https://openalex.org/W7135500446","https://openalex.org/W2346216831","https://openalex.org/W4395053799","https://openalex.org/W4404118858","https://openalex.org/W2060081310","https://openalex.org/W2528420922","https://openalex.org/W3029809919"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"ABSTRACT:":[0],"Forty\u2010one":[1],"male":[2],"skydivers":[3,44,71],"from":[4,76,114],"the":[5,32,38,65,125,135],"southeastern":[6],"United":[7],"States,":[8],"with":[9,50,130],"a":[10,20,51,131],"mean":[11,52,118],"of":[12,46,54,57],"531":[13],"sport\u2010parachute":[14],"jumps":[15],"(freefalls),":[16],"were":[17],"administered:":[18],"(a)":[19],"skydiver":[21],"questionnaire,":[22],"designed":[23],"to":[24,64,91],"gather":[25],"personal,":[26],"sociological,":[27],"and":[28,36,79,82,88,97,100,106,110,112,127],"skydiving":[29],"data;":[30],"(b)":[31],"Shipley":[33,40],"Vocabulary":[34],"Test;":[35],"(c)":[37],"MMPI.":[39],"data":[41],"indicated":[42],"that":[43],"are":[45,72],"superior":[47],"verbal":[48],"intelligence,":[49],"I.Q.":[53],"122.":[55],"Analysis":[56],"MMPI":[58,66,119],"items":[59],"revealed":[60],"that,":[61],"as":[62],"compared":[63],"Adult":[67],"Male":[68],"Normative":[69],"Group,":[70],"significantly":[73],"more":[74],"free":[75,113],"anxiety,":[77],"phobia,":[78],"depression;":[80],"open":[81],"lacking":[83],"in":[84],"defensiveness;":[85],"socially":[86],"deviant":[87],"anticonventional;":[89],"inclined":[90],"reject":[92],"traditional":[93],"religious":[94],"beliefs;":[95],"self\u2010confident":[96],"positive;":[98],"impulsive":[99],"oriented":[101],"toward":[102],"physical":[103],"action;":[104],"hedonistic":[105],"thrill":[107],"seeking;":[108],"sociable":[109],"extroverted;":[111],"health":[115],"worries.":[116],"The":[117],"profile":[120],"had":[121],"high":[122],"peaks":[123],"on":[124,134],"Pd":[126],"Ma":[128],"scales,":[129],"low":[132],"point":[133],"Si":[136],"scale.":[137]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-04T10:54:05.112534","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}