An investigation of flight anxiety among adults: The roles of anxiety sensitivity, intolerance of uncertainty, locus of control and metacognition

Year 2024, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 202 - 223, 25.08.2024

Özlem Yılmaz Halıcı , Selma Arıkan

https://doi.org/10.57127/kpd.26024438.1239456

Abstract

Flight anxiety can be experienced in connection with different factors such as past experiences and learning, personality-related features, and cognitive characteristics. Despite the variety of international studies, it is noteworthy that there are limited studies on this subject in the Turkish literature. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship of flight anxiety with anxiety sensitivity, intolerance of uncertainty, locus of control, and metacognition in a sample of Turkish society. 887 people (63% women) between the ages of 18-73 (M = 35, SD = 11.23) participated in the study. Sociodemographic Information Form, Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3, Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale, Locus of Control Scale, Metacognitions Questionnaire-30, Flight Anxiety Situations Questionnaire, and Flight Anxiety Modality Questionnaire were used as data collection tools. It was determined that anxiety sensitivity, intolerance of uncertainty, external-locus of control, and metacognition were positively related to flight anxiety situations and flight anxiety modality-somatic, and cognitive symptoms. Moreover, these variables separately predicted flight anxiety situations and flight anxiety modality-somatic and cognitive symptoms. In the model analyses, it was identified that locus of control had a moderator role in the relationship between anxiety sensitivity and flight anxiety modality-somatic symptoms. Besides, it was found that metacognition had a mediator role in the relationships between anxiety sensitivity and intolerance of uncertainty with flight anxiety situations and flight anxiety modality-cognitive symptoms. Finally, it is thought that including anxiety sensitivity, intolerance of uncertainty, locus of control, and metacognition in evaluations and interventions for people who experience flight anxiety will be important.

Keywords

flight anxiety, anxiety sensitivity, intolerance of uncertainty, locus of control, metacognition, community sample

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Yetişkinlerde uçuş kaygısına yönelik bir inceleme: Kaygı duyarlılığı, belirsizliğe tahammülsüzlük, kontrol odağı ve üstbilişin rolü

Abstract

Uçuş kaygısı, geçmiş deneyimler ve öğrenme, kişilik ve bilişsel özellikler ile ilişkili farklı faktörlerle bağlantılı olarak deneyimlenebilmektedir. Uluslararası çalışmaların çeşitliliğine rağmen, Türkçe alanyazında bu konuya yönelik çalışmaların kısıtlı oluşu dikkat çekmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, uçuş kaygısının kaygı duyarlılığı, belirsizliğe tahammülsüzlük, kontrol odağı ve üstbiliş ile ilişkilerinin Türk toplumu örnekleminde incelenmesidir. Çalışmaya 18-73 yaş arası (Ort. = 35, SS = 11.23) 887 kişi (%63 kadın) katılmıştır. Veri toplama araçları olarak Sosyodemografik Bilgi Formu, Anksiyete Duyarlılığı İndeksi-3, Belirsizliğe Tahammülsüzlük Ölçeği, Kontrol Odağı Ölçeği, Üstbilişler Ölçeği-30, Uçuş Kaygısı Durumları Anketi ve Uçuş Kaygısı Tarzı Anketi kullanılmıştır. Kaygı duyarlılığı, belirsizliğe tahammülsüzlük, dış kontrol odağı ve üstbilişin uçuş kaygısı durumları, uçuş kaygısı tarzı-bedensel ve bilişsel belirtiler ile pozitif yönde ilişkili olduğu belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca, bu değişkenler uçuş kaygısı durumları, uçuş kaygısı tarzı-bedensel ve bilişsel belirtileri ayrı ayrı yordamaktadır. Model analizlerinde kaygı duyarlılığı ile uçuş kaygısı tarzı-bedensel belirtiler arasındaki ilişkide kontrol odağının düzenleyici rolü olduğu belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca, kaygı duyarlılığı ve belirsizliğe tahammülsüzlüğün uçuş kaygısı durumları ve uçuş kaygısı tarzı-bilişsel belirtiler ile olan ilişkilerinde üstbilişin aracı rolü olduğu bulunmuştur. Sonuç olarak, uçuş kaygısı yaşayan kişilere yönelik değerlendirme ve müdahalelerde kaygı duyarlılığı, belirsizliğe tahammülsüzlük, kontrol odağı ve üstbiliş özelliklerine yer verilmesinin önemli olacağı düşünülmektedir.

Keywords

uçuş kaygısı, kaygı duyarlılığı, belirsizliğe tahammülsüzlük, kontrol odağı, üstbiliş, toplum örneklemi

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