Aerophobia-fear of flying

Aerophobia-fear of flying

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The Paper Outline

1. Introduction
2. Definition of aerophobia
3. Impacts of aerophobia
4. Limitation of Past research on aerophobia
5. Ignorance
6. Ineffective diagnosis of aerophobia

• Conditions associated with fear of flying

1. Anxiety
2. Medical complications
3. Proposed Study
4. Aims of the research
5. Sociodemographic characteristics and procedure
6. Sample characteristics of the study
7. Achieving informed consent and assent
8. Assessment of independent variables
9. Conclusion

PART I: Literature Review on aerophobia

Fear of flying, otherwise referred to as aerophobia may be connected to numerous other unnecessary frightening issues. But sometimes it manifests as a single condition related to being flown. Such conditions of phobia may encompass claustrophobia or acrophobia, which imply a panic that grips individuals in enclosed places and a fear of high altitude common in flights, respectively. Aerophobia is estimated to take toll on about 25 percent of the public, although a full-scale condition of phobia is considerably less recorded across the world. Although, cancellations or delays of flights are ordinary cases in the airline industry, such developments can aggravate fear of flying in air passengers. This paper explores the distinctiveness between aerophobia and irrational fear; the diagnosis of the condition through various ways, the precise characteristics of aerophobia, its developmental stages and the therapeutic interventions that can be taken to mitigate the condition.

Baker (2010) suggests that whether or not an individual’s aerophobia condition evolved into a phobia, the repercussions can be devastating on the individuals’ social and economic movements. Nonetheless, the condition is more symptomatic than an illness, and different risk factors trigger it. It varies from one person to another. The fear is in the spotlight compared to other fears, because air journey is often unavoidable for people. Further, Aubry (2009) adds professionals cannot avoid the air means of transport due their everyday activities. They often grapple with the ordinary nature of the phobia, even as it defines human lifestyle in a significant percentage of the people (Hoffman, 2011). Because air travel is the fastest means of transport across the world, fear of flying, therefore, can hamper career development and hurt the general global economy. The proposed study information revolves around the problem of aerophobia and how to tackle it in victims. Further, the study looks into the effective ways of diagnosing aerophobia conditions, and suggesting effective measures which can be taken to solve the situation. As this paper offers the respondents free remedy, it is unlikely that the interviewee was previously ignorant that there is a potentially effective control of the condition (Baker, 2010).

Limitations of past research on symptoms of aerophobia

The fear of flying manifests in ways comparable to those of other kinds of irrational fear, therefore, previous researches failed to effectively diagnose the problem (Aubry, 2009). Physical indications of the aerophobia may encompass trembling, sweating, gastrointestinal pain, and heart beats. Victims may become frustrated, unsettled, and exhibit incapability to reflect clearly. Further, such individuals may experience distress and irritability, and even pick quarrels with friends, kin, or airline crew members (Hoffman, 2011). Some individuals with an aerophobia are reasonably calm while at the airport’s waiting lounge, but begin trembling and experience other symptoms that come with the condition shortly before embarking on the aircraft. Others experience anxiety that begins immediately they enter the airport. A condition in which an individual starts experiencing the aerophobia several hours or days before a planned air travel, otherwise referred to as anticipatory anxiety is highly common in people (Allen, 2010). The analysis of aerophobia symptoms allow better means of handling the victims by airline companies and improve the safety and efficiency of the flights by implementing more effective preparation strategies for crew members.

Significance of the conditions associated with fear of flying

Aerophobia may come as a result of or aggravated by certain other anxieties in an individual (Allen, 2010). Individuals with claustrophobia usually undergo aerophobia because of the confined places and lack of space for normal movement (Baker, 2010). Those that fear socializing or dirt usually develop aerophobia conditions, because flights technically force a passenger to spend prolonged hours with people who they are not familiar with. Moreover, Hoffman (2011) suggests some conditions of physical impairment can occasion anxiety to air travel. Many passengers experience twinge or giddiness while on the plane due to problems in the sinus or difficulty hearing

For individuals who suffering from cold, persistent sinus problems, or problems such as dizziness or ear problems, aerophobia may be founded on a very true fear of experiencing physical discomfort during and or after the flight. If one has an illness related to the cardiovascular section the body or other illnesses that may aggravate the risk of hemorrhage or blood clots, then the fear may be driven by concerns about experiencing cardiac problems during an air travel (Hoffman, 2011). It is advisable that people who have known medical conditions, which may be aggravated by a flight, should discuss with their physician how best they can handle themselves prior to their flight. Such sessions often help with the taking of precautionary measures to reduce the risk and uneasiness during or after the flight (Allen, 2010).

Importance of understanding the causes of aerophobia

According to Aubry (2009), aerophobia conditions that are not triggered by medical conditions or other anxieties may come as a result of different factors. According to Allen (2010), individuals who have ever undergone a distressing air travel or air crash, fear of flight may be experienced. Additionally, watching constant and disturbing news reporting of plane crash disasters can trigger aerophobia. For example, more people in the United States developed some level of trepidation of opting for air travel after the September 11 disaster at world trade center (Baker, 2010). If an individual’s parents experienced fear of flying, he or she may suffer from the condition following hereditary trepidation. This is essentially a common genesis of fear of flying in children, but also takes toll on many mature people. One might borrow the aerophobia from another kin or relation, but parents appear to have the leading influence on their offspring phobias.

Aerophobia conditions can also be traced to a completely different argument. For instance, aerophobia that comes up in individuals who have just been elevated on their job that demands constant air travel may be traced to anxieties about the occupation itself or the manner in which it is likely to alter that person’s activities (Hoffman, 2011). Similarly, children who have only air travel as the only means through which they can frequently make visits to parents living far apart or divorced sometimes develop fear of flying as a survival mechanism for the strain of the separation (Hoffman, 2011).

Significance of understanding the Fear of Flying

Aerophobia is relatively simple to overcome, even without identifying the basic cause. If an individual does not experience other emotional or physical conditions, he or she should register for a training .............