TIAN Jianª²Quan, MIAO Danª²Min, LUO Zhengª²Xue, LIU Xuª²Feng, LIU Lianª²Hong

    Department of Psychology, School of Aerospace Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi¬ðan 710033, China

    ¡¾Abstract¡¿ AIM: To investigate the predictive ability of the General Aptitude Test of Military Academy Cadets (GATMAC) to the academic performance of military academy cadets, and evaluate the feasibility of GATMAC to be used as an instrument in the psychological selection of military cadets. METHODS: GATMAC is composed of 4 subª²tests including words application, planar figure mental rotation, arithmetic and numberª²symbol conversion. A total of 551 military academy cadets were tested and given competency evaluation 2 months before graduation; All academic examination scores were analyzed and categorized after graduation; By means of expectancy chart, the predictive ability of GATMAC to the academic performance of military academy cadets was discussed. RESULTS: Words application, arithmetic and numberª²symbol conversion subtests, which had significant correlations with competency evaluation and academic examination scores, had a good predictive ability to the academic performance of military cadets. CONCLUSION: GATMAC has a good predictive ability to the academic performance of military cadets, and can be used as an instrument in the psychological selection of military cadets after revision. ......