The Pfister Test in Psychological Assessment for Firearm Handling

Resende, Ana Cristina; Cardoso, Lucila Moraes; Silva, Marlene Alves da; Rosa, Helena Rinaldi

doi:10.1590/0102.3772e39nspe04.en

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Special Issue on Psychological Assessment • Psic.: Teor. e Pesq. 39 (spe) • 2023 • https://doi.org/10.1590/0102.3772e39nspe04.en copy

The Pfister Test in Psychological Assessment for Firearm Handling

Teste de Pfister na Avaliação Psicológica para Manuseio de Arma de Fogo

Authorship SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

Abstract

As there are few Pfister Test studies in the context of assessment for handling a firearm, the objective was to describe the personality characteristics of security guards and candidates for handling firearms (n= 112) when compared with people from the general population (n= 288). The data collection instruments were a questionnaire to collect sociodemographic information and the Pfister Test. For data analysis, nonparametric tests and multiple linear regression analysis were used. Candidates for handling weapons showed characteristics of more rigidity, anxiety and immaturity with a predisposition to be more oppositional and ambivalent in relation to their feelings. There is also a need for further studies with more comprehensive and diversified samples.

Keywords:
psychological assessment; projective personality measures; firearms

Variables	Categories	Group						x ² ^*	p	V for Cramer
		Total (n = 400)		Normative (n = 288)		Compulsory (n = 112)
		n	%	n	%	N	%
Combinations	Wide and stable	83	20.8	57	19.8	26	23.2	18.183	0.020	0.213
	Wide and flexible	36	9.0	29	10.1	7	6.3
	Wide and unstable	46	11.5	38	13.2	8	7.1
	Moderate and stable	36	9.0	22	7.6	14	12.5
	Moderate and flexible	46	11.5	33	11.5	13	11.6
	Moderate and unstable	80	20.0	61	21.2	19	17.0
	Restricted and stable^***	23	5.8	10	3.5	13	11.6
	Restricted and flexible	20	5.0	17	3.5	13	11.6
	Restricted and unstable	30	7.5	21	7.3	9	8.0

Variables	Categories	Group						x ² ^*	p	V for Cramer
		Total (n = 1.200)		Normative (n = 864)		Compulsory (n = 336)
		n	%	n	%	n	%
Formation	Monotone Layers	86	7.2	26	3.0	60	17.6	80.164	<0.001	0.258

Variables	Gender	n	M	SD	Med	P25	P75	U*	p	d
Blue%	Total	400	18.80	10.93	17.78	13.33	24.44	13,189.50	0.005	0.286
	Normative	288	19.76	11.18	17.78	13.33	24.44
	Compulsory	112	16.33	9.86	15.56	11.11	20.00
Red%	Total	400	17.18	10.58	15.56	11.11	22.22	12,778.00	0.001	0.327
	Normative	288	18.16	10.61	17.78	11.11	24.44
	Compulsory	112	14.68	10.14	14.44	8.89	20.00
Green%	Total	400	17.26	11.09	15.56	11.11	22.22	20,600.50	<0.001	0.441
	Normative	288	16.06	11.39	15.56	8.89	21.67
	Compulsory	112	20.36	9.66	20.00	15.56	26.67
Purple%	Total	400	10.16	8.90	8.89	2.22	15.56	10,893.00	<0.001	0.521
	Normative	288	11.50	9.12	11.11	4.44	15.56
	Compulsory	112	6.69	7.27	4.44	0.00	11.11
Yellow%	Total	400	10.76	7.98	11.11	4.44	15.56	20,040.00	<0.001	0.384
	Normative	288	1.59	2.50	1.00	0.00	2.00
	Compulsory	112	13.39	8.96	11.11	7.22	17.78
White%	Total	400	7.60	8.41	4.44	2.22	11.11	19,644.00	0.001	0.344
	Normative	288	6.34	6.77	4.44	2.22	8.89
	Compulsory	112	10.83	11.00	6.67	2.22	15.56
Cold Syndrome%	Total	400	46.22	15.04	46.67	37.78	53.33	13,479.50	0.011	0.256
	Normative	288	47.32	15.40	46.67	40.00	53.33
	Compulsory	112	43.37	13.71	44.44	35.56	51.11

Variables	β	IC95%	β_p	EP	p
Blue%
Age	-0.138	-0.230; -0.046	-0.154	0.047	0.003
Gender	0.497	-1.780; 2.773	0.022	1.158	0.668
Education	2.569	0.912; 4.226	0.153	0.841	0.001
Compulsory group	-2.388	-4.954; 0.178	-0.098	1.305	0.068
intercept	20.181
F (p): 7.146 (p<0.001)
R² = 0.061
Red%
Age	0.039	-0.053; 0.130	0.045	0.046	0.398
Gender	-0.204	-2.459; 2.051	-0.010	1.147	0.859
Education	0.067	-1.574; 1.709	0.004	0.835	0.936
Compulsory group	-3.603	-6.145; -1.061	-0.153	1.293	0.006
intercept	20.524
F (p): 2.192 (p=0.069)
R²=0.012
Green%
Age	0.150	0.057; 0.244	0.165	0.047	0.002
Gender	0.503	-1.808; 2.814	0.022	1.175	0.669
Education	-0.797	-2.479; 0.885	-0.047	0.856	0.352
Compulsory group	3.009	0.404; 5.614	0.122	1.325	0.024
intercept	9.255
F (p): 6.125 (p<0.001)
R²=0.051
Purple%
Age	-0.135	-0.208; -0.061	-0.184	0.037	<0.001
Gender	-1.176	-2.995; 0.643	-0.065	0.925	0.204
Education	0.957	-0.367; 2.281	0.070	0.673	0.156
Compulsory group	-3.398	-5.448; -1.347	-0.172	1.043	0.001
intercept	18.833
F (p): 10.937 (p<0.001)
R²=0.095
Yellow%
Age	0.072	0.005; 0.139	0.111	0.034	0.035
Gender	-0.719	-2.375; 0.937	-0.045	0.842	0.394
Education	0.449	-0.757; 1.654	0.037	0.613	0.465
Compulsory group	3.470	1.605; 5.337	0.198	0.949	<0.001
intercept	3.823
F (p): 0.703 (p<0.001)
R²=0.047
White%
Age	0.068	-0.003; 0.139	0.098	0.036	0.061
Gender	-0.070	-1.828; 1.688	-0.004	0.894	0.938
Education	-0.288	-1.568; 0.992	-0.022	0.651	0.658
Compulsory group	3.894	1.912; 5.876	0.208	1.008	<0.001
intercept	1.172
F (p): 6.503 (p<0.001)
R²=0.055

Variable	Β	IC95%	β_p	EP	p
Cold Syndrome%
Age	-0.123	-0.252; 0.006	-0.099	0.065	0.062
Gender	-0.176	-3.366; 3.014	-0.006	1.622	0.914
Education	2.730	0.408; 5.051	0.118	1.181	0.021
Compulsory group	-2.777	-6.372; 0.819	-0.083	1.828	0.130
intercept	48.239
F (p): 3.880 (p=0.004)
R²=0.029

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