China
Africa
Explore chapters and articles related to this topic
Stress and Human Reactions
Published in Monica Martinussen, David R. Hunter, Aviation Psychology and Human Factors, 2017
Monica Martinussen, David R. Hunter
When asked about which methods passengers use to help them relax, about 37% of passengers respond that they sometimes or often use alcohol to reduce anxiety related to flying. A total of 47% seek distractions and just below 10% use some form of medication. A recent longitudinal study of the long-term effects of cognitive behavioral therapy indicated that an increase in the use of adaptive coping strategies and a reduction of maladaptive coping strategies were associated with improvements 3 years after treatment (Busscher and Spinhoven 2016). Examples of adaptive coping mechanisms are putting things in perspective or attaching a positive meaning to the event. Maladaptive coping mechanisms involve catastrophizing, self-blame, or trying to avoid the event. Booklets and information have been developed to advise passengers suffering from fear of flying how to cope and prepare for a flight. These points are based on advice produced at a conference (Airborne et al. 2000) at which a number of flight phobia experts convened to discuss the topic (quoted in Van Gerwen et al. 2004). There are also a number of organizations that promote the study and treatment of flight anxiety (such as the Valk Foundation, accessible at http://www.valk.org), and both online treatments and apps are now available to people who suffer from fear of flying.
Individual differences in the temporal progression of motion sickness and anxiety: the role of passengers’ trait anxiety and motion sickness history
Published in Ergonomics, 2021
Dirk Stelling, Michael Hermes, Gerrit Huelmann, Justin Mittelstädt, Dominik Niedermeier, Kevin Schudlik, Holger Duda
In aviation, there is an additional factor which can greatly affect passengers’ subjective comfort: fear of flying or flight anxiety. Flight anxiety exists on different levels, starting with low nervousness up to flight phobia with extreme reactions. The estimate of how many suffer from flight anxiety lies between 10% to 40% of the population in industrialised countries (Grimholt et al. 2019). Intense flight anxiety is reported in 10 to 13% (McIntosh, Power, and Reed 1996).