[Models of confirmatory factor analysis of the emotional stability criteria of flying students].
OBJECTIVE
To established models of confirmatory factor analysis of the emotional stability criteria of flying students, and to provide an available criteria tool for evaluating the emotional stability.


METHODS
"Criterion Assessment Scale of Emotional Stability of Flying Cadets" (ACSEFC) including 9 items were compiled first by interviewing with skillful pilots or flying instructors, and then the emotional stability of 153 flying students was evaluated by these pilots or instructors.


RESULTS
There were high level (P<0.05) of correlation coefficients between 8 items except for item 1; three-factor design appears to be the best choice for the nine items by exploratory factor analysis; model 4 appears to have the best effect by confirmatory factor analysis.


CONCLUSIONS
The evaluation of emotional stability of flying students can be divided into 3 parts: general manifest emotion, tense before flying and flying emotion stability.
Miao
Dan-min
DM
Department of Psychology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China. psych@fmmu.edu.cn
Wang
Jing-sheng
JS
Xiao
Wei
W
Liu
Xu-feng
XF
Huang
Wei-fen
WF
Liu
Fang
F
Liu
Ping
P
Liu
Ji-qing
JQ
D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D001359:Aviation; D004644:Emotions; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires