Search for dissertations about: "Fear of Flying"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Fear of Flying.

  2. 1. Fear of flying in civil airline passengers: a manifold phenomenon with various motivational roots

    Author : Gunilla Amnér; MedCUL Medicinska fakultetens centrum för undervisning och lärande; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; aerophobia; Psychology; Psykologi; fear of flying;

    Abstract : This thesis comprises four papers reporting results from a project studying the fear of flying phenomenon. Paper I is an evaluation study of a new percept-genetic instrument, the Flight Situation Test (FST). A group of 24 subjects with a fear of flying (FoF) and 19 controls (non-FoF) were tested. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Old World Journey : National Identity in Four American Novels from 1960 to 1973

    Author : Eva Zetterberg Pettersson; Elisabeth Herion-Sarafidis; Rolf Lundén; Fredrik Christian Brögger; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; Erica Jong; William Styron; Mary McCarthy; John A. Williams; Birds of America; Fear of Flying; Set This House on Fire; The Man Who Cried I Am; international novel; journey narrative; European journey; nationalism; national identity; Old World; Europe ; America ; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket;

    Abstract : A commonly held assumption among literary critics is that the motif of the European journey is exhausted in American literature in the post-World-War-II period. Challenging this view, the present study claims that the Old World journey narrative lives on, but in new guises, and that it continues to be a forum for the discussion of American national identity. READ MORE

  5. 3. Neck pain in air force pilots : on risk factors, neck motor function and an exercise intervention

    Author : Björn Äng; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : biomechanics; cervical pain; electromyography; military pilots; movement quality; muscle fatigue; muscle strength; neuromuscular; physiotherapy; range of motion;

    Abstract : Neck pain is a medical problem in modern military aviation. While neck exercises are recommended, clinical trials of neck motor function have been less investigated. READ MORE