Flying apart: Separation distress in female flight attendants
Titel:
Flying apart: Separation distress in female flight attendants
Auteur:
Jupp, J. J. Mayne, P. R.
Verschenen in:
Australian psychologist
Paginering:
Jaargang 27 (1992) nr. 3 pagina's 154-158
Jaar:
1992-11-01
Inhoud:
This study investigated the effects of relatively short separations from partners on the distress of female flight attendants during overseas tours of duty. In the study, the distress of separated attendants was compared with the distress of two other subsamples of otherwise demographically equivalent attendants who were either unattached or travelled with their partners. Changes in distress were compared across time phases, which for the experimental sample represented partner accessibility, anticipatory separation, separation, and reunion. The effects on distress of personality, attachment (assessed in terms of remembered aspects of parental care and protection), and marital adjustment were examined. Results provided reasonably strong evidence for the existence of separation distress, which was not related with other variables assessed. The results are discussed in relation to findings from other investigations about separation, anticipatory separation, and reunion distress in adults.
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