Susceptibility to anxiety and shift difficulty as determinants of state anxiety in air traffic controllers.

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• Creators:
  Smith, Roger C. ; Melton, C.E.
• Corporate Creators:
  Civil Aeromedical Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Office of Aviation Medicine
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Air traffic controllers
  • Anxiety
  • Workload
  • Shifts
  • Performance measurement
  • Human subject testing
  • Questionnaires
  • Air traffic controllers
  • Anxiety--Testing
  • Employees--Workload
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FAA-AM-73-15 ; DOT/FAA/AM-73/15
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  OAM report.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Abstract:
  The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) was used to assess the anxiety of air traffic controllers who had experienced difficult and easy work shifts. Eighty volunteers completed the STAI before and after two or more eight-hour work shifts. Controllers relatively high in anxiety proneness tended to report higher levels of anxiety in association with control work than those relatively low in anxiety proneness. The mean A-state score after shifts was higher than the mean score before shifts. It was also determined that the increase in anxiety during shifts was greater for difficult shifts.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21035/dot_21035_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 299.96 KB]
• Collection(s):
  FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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