IDENTIFICATION OF FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH FLYING PHOBIA IN AIRCREW
IDENTIFICATION OF FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH FLYING PHOBIA IN AIRCREW
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DOI:
10.1192/bjp.139.1.38
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
10.5
通讯作者:
MAIN, CJ
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作者:
AITKEN, RCB;LISTER, JA;MAIN, CJ
The psychological and physiological features of 20 aircrew consecutively referred for treatment of anxiety symptoms when flying were compared with a matched control group of uncomplaining aircrew. There were no significant differences between the 2 groups on psychometric tests of personality, though there were differences in skin conductance; the phobics had a higher rate of spontaneous fluctuation and habituated less to a repeated auditory tone. More of the phobic group worried about their wives and acknowledged childhood and other adulthood phobias; more had a family history of an episode perhaps best described as flying trauma. Many were on an overseas posting when symptoms presented. These few features could correctly classify 85% of the subjects into the phobic or control group. This type of phobic aircrew index now requires to be validated prospectively for its predictive value.