The psychological health and stress of pilots in a labor dispute.
This study investigated the psychological stress and psychiatric symptomatology in a representative sample of pilots involved in a labor dispute with management. Standardized epidemiological psychometric instruments revealed that one quarter of the pilots could be labelled "psychologically at risk" showing elevated symptoms of anger-hostility, paranoia, and obsessive-compulsiveness. A certain combination of personality scores with stress reactions was found to correctly classify pilots who were healthy vs. "at risk" with 92% accuracy. Interviews with pilots revealed both general causes of stress associated with a labor dispute as well as specific and unique sources of disturbances threatening safety in the air.
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School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
D000328:Adult; D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D001359:Aviation; D006801:Humans; D007750:Labor Unions; D008297:Male; D010556:Personality Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D014478:Unemployment