New study: Low self-esteem predicts dropout from military training, beyond factors like demographics, self-reported fitness, and the Big Five. This matters because, especially in conscript forces, dropout undermines morale, reduces troop strength, and wastes training costs. doi.org/10.1525/coll...

Philippe Goldammer and colleagues have published an excellent paper deriving well-founded guidelines for identifying careless responding and improving data quality. A useful read for anyone working with self-report data. link.springer.com/article/10.3...