DIFFERENTIAL ADRENOCORTICAL STRESS RESPONSES IN NAVAL AVIATORS DURING AIRCRAFT CARRIER LANDING PRACTICE

Abstract

Serum cortisol levels were measured in 9 Navy pilots and their flight officers during aircraft carrier landing practice in the two-man F-4B jet aircraft. The pilots showed an unequivocal adrenocortical stress response; the flight officers did not. The complex and hazardous task of carrier landing appears to be a considerably greater stress on the 'executive' naval aviator (the pilot in control of the aircraft) than on his passive partner, although both are exposed to the same dangers. The findings of this study highlight the importance of the active versus the passive role as a determinant of stress intensity in human Ss exposed to naturally occurring stress situations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0703337

Entities

People

  • Brian R. Clark
  • Ransom J. Arthur
  • Robert G. Miller
  • Robert T. Rubin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Aircrafts
  • California
  • Carrier Landings
  • Cortisol
  • Counterair Operations
  • Divers
  • Endocrine Glands
  • Executives
  • Flight Decks
  • Intensity
  • Jet Aircraft
  • Landing
  • Naval Air Stations
  • Navy
  • Underwater Demolition

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience