ATTRITION DATA AS A CRITERION. III. MEDICAL ATTRITIONS WITH ANXIETY SYMPTOMS.
Abstract
This report is designed (1) to identify a group of medical attritions with manifest anxiety attitudes, (2) to compare the anxiety group with non-anxiety medical attritions and with successful caets, and (3) to evaluate this anxiety group of attritions as another more refined criterion. Interview records were analyzed of 63 cadets dropped from the Naval Air Basic Training Program for medical reasons. These records were then evaluated to determine which of those interviewed did or did not reveal anciety symptoms. The characteristics of the anxiety group of medical attritions were explored further by comparing their Flight Aptitude Ratings, Pre-Flight academic grades, and age to these same measures on a group of successful cadets. In general, the findings of this research indicate that the anxiety medical attrition group is a sub-standard group in many respects. Although it cannot be demonstrated statistically for these data, there may be an ordered relationship for these three groups. That is, the non-anxiety medical attritions may belong between the successful and anxiety group on a continuum of aptitude, academic proficiency, and attitude toward flying. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 15, 1955
- Accession Number
- AD0467958
Entities
People
- John T. Bair
- Rosalie K. Ambler
Organizations
- Naval Aerospace Medical Institute