Stress in air traffic controllers : effects of ARTS-III

Melton, C.E.; Smith, R.C.; McKenzie, J.M.; Hoffmann, S.M.; Saldivar, J.T.; Civil Aeromedical Institute

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Stress in air traffic controllers : effects of ARTS-III

1976-11-01
By Melton, C.E. ; Smith, R.C. ; McKenzie, J.M. ; ...

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Melton, C.E. ; Smith, R.C. ; McKenzie, J.M. ; Hoffmann, S.M. ; Saldivar, J.T.

Melton, C.E. ; Smith, R.C. ; McKenzie, J.M. ; Hoffmann, S.M. ; Saldivar, J.T. Less -
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Civil Aeromedical Institute
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Office of Aviation Medicine
Subject/TRT Terms:

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Adrenaline Air Traffic Controllers Amines Anxiety Automated Radar Terminal System Catecholamines Creatinine Employees--Workload Heart Beat Heart Rate Human Subject Testing Noradrenaline Radar Air Traffic Control Systems--Automation--Testing Stress (Physiology) Stress (Psychology) Urine Urine--Analysis Workload
Publication/ Report Number:

FAA-AM-76-13;DOT/FAA/AM-76/13
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States ; California ; Los Angeles (California) ; Oakland (California)

United States ; California ; Los Angeles (California) ; Oakland (California) Less -
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OAM report.
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Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
NTL Classification:

NTL-AVIATION-Air Traffic Control
Abstract:

Physiological, biochemical, and psychological assessments of stress in air traffic controllers were made at Los Angeles (LAX) and Oakland (OAK) Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facilities before and after installation of Automated Radar Terminal Systems-III (ARTS-III). Heart rates of controllers on duty or at rest scarcely changed from before to after ARTS-III installation. Total stress increased at both TRACONs, and the increase was entirely due to elevated catecholamine excretion. Steroid excretion was significantly reduced at both facilities after ARTS-III installation. Scores on the A-State scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory indicated that introduction of ARTS-III had no appreciable effect on work-related anxiety levels of controllers. The post-ARTS-III A-State means for both facilities were not significantly elevated. A-Trait was unchanged at LAX but decreased significantly at OAK. Assessments of A-State showed significant work-related increments but tended to be low.
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