Fractals of Stress Experience at Air Traffic Controllers
Journal Title: Journal of Experiential Psychotherapy - Year 2014, Vol 17, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: The present study is rooted in the desire of finding suitable solutions for the aggravating forms of stress. Beyond the harsh reality of powerful stress factors, there is our desire for recovery and adequate use of personal resources. This is not a simple task at all, and in order to do this we should first identify our personal resources. Objectives: The objectives of the study were to study the interaction between the personality factors and the fractals of occupational stress among air traffic controllers and the Optimization of stress adjustment mechanisms among air traffic controllers and the development of the premises necessary for adopting a lifestyle based on an efficient coping. Methods: The instruments used are: the Perceived Stress Scale, the Freiburg Personality Inventory, the Holmes Scale, and the Coping Scale. The subjects have been asked to answer individually to the samples that have been applied, with no time limit. For each group of subjects, the sample application has been performed inside the institution in which they usually worked. The sample consisted of 90 individuals, all air traffic controllers, with a mean age of m=38.2. It is important to point out that the study refers only to en-route air traffic controllers and due to the low number of women working in this domain, the gender variable has not been taken into consideration. Furthermore, the study compares the results obtained for the air traffic controllers working in Arad and those working in other regions of Romania. Results: Results have shown that the prolonged presence of stressful factors in the case of the groups subjected to study, has led to negative effects for all five categories that have been taken into consideration: influence on personality, cognitive effects, influence on health, influence on behaviour and physiological effetcs. Conclusions: By identifying the dimension of our reaction to stress, some of our adequate possibilities to react and some of our personal resources, we can take a step forward towards participating with more openness and enthusiasm in the interventions that occur in the case of critical incidents.
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Roxana Maier
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