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With over 500 articles written on The Attentional and Interpersonal Style (TAIS) Inventory—and counting we offer a comprehensive TAIS “library” to enhance your understanding of this assessment tool and its applications across various industries. These articles are available either for free or for a fee via the links and company websites listed below. For easier navigation, they are categorized into Business, Sports, and Research and Information.
Business
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- Using Personality Tests for Selection, Screening, and Training: TAIS and “The Big Five Personality Characteristics” – Robert M. Nideffer, Ph.D.
- Predicting a Manager’s Level of Commitment, and Ability to Perform Under Pressure – Robert M. Nideffer, Ph.D.
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- Attentional and Interpersonal Characteristics of Restaurant General Managers in Comparison with Other Groups of Interest – Robin W. Pratt and David L. Whitney
- Paying Attention: a Study of Attentional and Interpersonal Styles of Hotel and Restaurant Administration Students – David L. Whitney and Robin W. Pratt
- Improving Transparency and Accountability in the Budget Process: An Assessment of Recent Initiatives” – Ruth Carlitz
- Attentional Styles and Stress Factors of Hotel Sales/Marketing Managers – David L. Whitney
- Meeting the Challenges A Global Market Place – Robert M. Nideffer, Ph.D.
Research and information
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- A Descriptive Study of a Select Group of Learning Disabled Children: Their Family Backgrounds, Attentional Patterns and Interpersonal Styles – Kathlene R. Willing
- Developing Adaptive Proficiency in Special Forces Officers – White, Susan S. Mueller-Hanson, Rose A. Dorsey, David W. Pulakos, Elaine D. Wisecarver, Michelle M. Deagle, Edwin A., III Mendini, Kip G
- Evidence for a Relationship Between Attentional Styles and Effective Cognitive Strategies During Performance – Timothy Baghurst, Guillaume Thierry and Tim Holder
- Measuring attention: An evaluation of the Search and Cancellation of Ascending Numbers (SCAN) and the short form of the Test of Attentional and Interpersonal Style (TAIS) – Michael R. Greher
- The Attentional and Interpersonal Style (TAIS) Inventory: Measuring the Building Blocks of Performance – Robert M. Nideffer, Ph.D.
- Reliability and Validity of The Attentional and Interpersonal Style (TAIS) Inventory Concentration Scales – Robert M. Nideffer, Ph.D.
- Theory of Attentional and Personal Style vs. Test of Attentional and Interpersonal Style (TAIS) – Robert M. Nideffer, Ph.D.
- The Effect of Winning and Losing Records on Team Cohesion and Attentional Focus. – Jacobs, Joseph Anthony
- Optimal Performance States | Faith and Performance (nideffer.com) – Robert M. Nideffer, Ph.D.
- Determining the paradox: Leadership within a County Council environment: – Stephen Bater
- Evoked Brain Activity and Personnel Performance – Gregory W. Lewis Richard C. Sorenson
- Assessing Attentional Skills And Interpersonal Style For Selection – Curtiss S. Peck
- Measuring the Building Blocks of Performance – Robert M. Nideffer, Ph.D.
- Getting Into the Optimal Performance State – Robert M. Nideffer, Ph.D.
- Calming The Mind So The Body Can Perform – Robert M. Nideffer, Ph.D.
- Do You Pay the Right Attention? – Garrett Rubis
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- Sensory Gating: Construct Definition, Development of a Self-Report Rating Instrument, and Comparison With A Psychophysiological Measure – William Paul Hetrick
- Differences in Learning Preferences and Attentional/Interpersonal Styles Between Traditional and Nontraditional Undergraduate Students – Edward David
- Effects of Dry and Wet Flotation Restricted Environmental Stimulation Interventions on Attentional Processes and Performance – Noel James Bauman
- The Enhancement of Performance and Judgement of Swat Officers Involved in Stress Shooting (Police) – Donald Joseph Greene
- Discipline Violators Distinguished by the Test of Attentional and Interpersonal Style – John Lantz Sexton
- The Role of Mediators in Attenuating Stress in Police Officers – Darlene Prandine Hoyt
- Attentional Symptoms As A Predictor Of Marine Corps Performance – Kevin L, Ross
- Stress and Interpersonal Effectiveness Amongst Pilots – Mark Stonestreet
- Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology, Volume 1 – Charles Spielberger
- Physiotherapy a Psychosocial Approach – Sally French
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- Use of a Novel Measure of Nontechnical Skills in Surgical Trainees: Is There an Association With Technical Skills Performance? – Dara A. O’Keeffe, Emmelin Nugent,Karen Neylon, Ronan M. Conroy, Paul Neary and Eva M.Doherty
- Controlling Performance Anxiety – Robert M. Nideffer and Nancy D. Hessler
- The Impact of Meditative Attentional Training on Measures of Select Attentional Parameters and on Measures of Client Perceived Counselor Empathy – John W. Reiman
- Evidence for the validity of the TAIS attentional dimensions from the perspective of alexithymia types and the big five model – Peter Paul Moormann, BobBermond, Julis Jones, Chantal Baader and Henk Ten Voorde
- Online Attentional-Focus Manipulations in a Soccer-Dribbling Task: Implications for the Proceduralization of Motor Skills – Paul Ford, Nicola J. Hodges, and Mark Williams
- Psychological Study of a Crew in Long-Term Space Flight Simulation – Christine Le Scanff, ClaudeBachelard, Genevieve Cazes, Elisabeth Rosnet and Jean Rivolier
- A Personality Profile of Professional and Conservatory Student Dancers – Ruth Solomon, John Solomon, Lyle Micheli, John Saunders and David Zurakowski
- Coping Style and Cognitive Dysfunction in Schizophrenic Patients – Robert Bosch Van Den, Maria Asman Van, Rene Rombouts and Jan Willem Louwerens
- Relationships Between the Test of Attentional and Interpersonal Style and Psychiatric Sublcassification – Robert M. Nideffer, Ph.D. and Diane M. DePalma
- The Effect of attentional focus on performance of an endurance task – Davis Lavallee, E.H Strom, D.L Gill, Jean M. Williams and Marc V. Jones
- Attentional Style Variations and Athletic Ability: The Advantages of a Sports-specific Test – Stephen R. Van Schoyck and Anthony F. Grasha
- Generality and Specificity of Attention Belated to Competitive Anxiety and Sport Performance – Richard R. Albrecht and Deborah L. Feltz
- Does The Test of Attentional and Interpersonal Style (TAIS) Really Assess Attention? : An Examination of its Validity – Deborah Dewey
- Personality and Social Influence Styles of Attractive and Unattractive College Women – Gerald R. Adams and Doris Read
- Using the Test of Attentional and Interpersonal Style (TAIS) for profiling and counseling dancers – Dawson J. William
- Personality Variables in Males as They Relate to Differences in Sexual Orientation – Peter D. Wayson PhD
- Attentional Nonspecificity in Depressive and Generalized Anxious Affective States – Rick E. Ingram
- Cue Processing as a Function of Breadth of Attention – JoAnn Reid and Anne Marie Bird
- Issues in the Use of Psychological Tests in Applied Settings – Robert M. Nideffer
- Learning From Exemplary Teachers – James A. Gentry and Robin W. Pratt
- Test of Attentional and Interpersonal Style – Robert M. Nideffer, Ph.D.
- The Trait Psychology Controversy – William P Morgan
Sports
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- Comparison of attentional styles and anxiety levels of higher and lower rated male and female referees of women’s soccer – Zisis Papanikolaou, Konstantinos Stamelos, EiriniIliopoulou, and Dimitrios Nikolaidis.
- Building a Psychological Profile of Olympic Medalists and World Champions – Robert M. Nideffer, Ph.D., Jeffery Bond, Alberto Cei, and Umberto Manili
- An exploration of the psychometric properties of the Test of Attentional and Interpersonal Style 2 and its ability to predict athletic injury – Maria Vassos
- Attentional and Explanatory Style Characteristics of Injured Professional Rugby League Players: A Prospective Study – Joann Elisabeth Lukins
- Discrimination Alibility of Traditional and Action-Based Measures of Attentional Style in Sport – Jonathan D. Mouton and Crystal D. Oberle
- Goal orientation, attention styles and anxiety of junior golfers in Malaysia – Rohaty Majzub and Tajul Ariffin Muhammad
- Relationship Between Achievement Motivation and Focus of Attention in Sports – Salwan F. Yousif
- The Psychological Characteristics of Elite Level Women's Softball Players – Terri L. Knecht
- Tending the flame: Personality, Self-Actualization and the Olympic journey – Corrine Reid
- World Champions Also Have to Manage Their Emotions – Cei Consulting
- A Psychological Skills Inventory for Sport – Kerry-Ann Wheaton
- Trading an I for an Eye – Robert M. Nideffer, Ph.D.
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- The Effects of A Psychological Skills Training Program on Selected Psychological Characteristics of High School Ice Hockey Players – Rodney Len Wild
- The Dynamics of Informed Problem -Solving: An exploratory Study of Student Attention and Cognition in Clinical Athletic training – Holly A. Noun
- The Effect Of Trait Anxiety on State Anxiety and Free Throw Performance of Female Collegiate Basketball Players – Kayla A. Thomas
- The Relationship between the Distance of an External Focus of Attention and Lower Body Power in Rugby Athletes – Donald Pump
- Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology: Bridging Theory and Application – Dr. Jamie E. Robbins, PhD, Dr. Leilani Madrigal, PhD.
- The relationship of selected physical and psychological variables to the development of junior tennis players – Brenda L. Burgess
- Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology: Theories and Applications – Angus Mugford, J. Gualberto Cremades
- Psychological Skills in Athletic Training: A survey of athletic training curriculum directors – Stacey Ann Jensen
- Effects of a Mental Skills Training Program on Performance in Distance Runners – Neil Patrick Bangs
- Coaching Science: Theory into Practice – Terry McMorris and Tudor Hale
- Attentional Focus Strategies of Multi-Sport Athletes – Sara M. Werner
- Elite Sailors' Experiences of Flow Post-Retirement – Karen Renzulli
- Anxiety, Attention, and Performance in Sports: Theoretical and Practical Considerations – Robert M. Nideffer, P.h.D.
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- Integrative Approach to High-Performance Evaluation and Training: Illustrative Data of a Professional Boxer – Noel Casteel, Leslie Sherlin, Chris Talley and Mike Gervais
- An Examination of U.S. Olympic Sport Psychology Consultants and the Services They Provide – Daniel Gould, Shane Murphy, Vance Tammen, and Jerry May
- Psychological and psychomotor skills associated with prowess at ten‐pin bowling – Patrick R. Thomas, Paul j. Schlinker and Ray Over
- Attention in Young Soccer Players: The Development of an Attentional Focus Training Program – Zissis Papanikolaou
- Attentional Style and Powerlifting Performance – Robert W. McGowan, Billy J. Talton, and Jerome J. Tobacyk
- Design and Validation of the Tactical Assessment Instrument in Football (TAIS) – Carmen Barquero-Ruiz
- Psychology in Professional Sports and the Performing Arts – Robert Schinke, Dieter Hackfort
- Use of the Test of Attentional and Interpersonal Style (TAIS) in Sport – Robert M. Nideffer
- Attentional Style Profiles and Sport Performance – Jeffery Summers and David Maddocks
- Measurement in sport and exercise psychology – Selen Razon and Gershon Tenebaum
- The Injured Athlete: Psychological Factors in Treatment – Robert M. Nideffer, Ph.D.
- Psychological Inventories Used in Sport Psychology Research – Mark H. Anshel
- Attentional Style and Basketball Shooting – Vetta Wilson and Gretchen Kerr
- Attentional Style As A Predictor of Athletic Injury – Thomas A. Bergandi
- Attentional Style of Female Field Hockey Athletes – Jill Marie Dunphy
- A.C.T.: Attention Control Training – Robert M. Nideffer, Ph.D.
- Psychosocial Status of Disabled Athletes – Claudine Sherrill
- Tennis and Perceptions of Choking – Barbara Ann Lemberg
- Attentional Style of Soccer Athletes – Fred Alfred Hooper
