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Success in-flight training is a result of the interaction of a number of factors. To evaluate stress test, this criterion must be modified to reflect only the actions of those factors which could logically be expected to be predicted by behavior in an experimental stress situation. By the same token, if the stress situation is to be predictive of success in the performance of hazardous duty, then it must involve factors, and to such an assignment. And the present study one factor of success In flight training, the reaction to the threat of flying hazards, is considered. Over indications of anxiety, in a portion of Naval preflight training which involves realistic threat to the students' safety, are used as a measure of stress tolerance. Preliminary study of the relationship of this measure to the tendency to develop anxiety in the later flight training is reported. This study represents in advance over the previous flight selection studies in that the stressors are quite realistic and the criterion shows some refinement. Language: en

231 cadets who had failed or were withdrawing from the Naval Flight Training Program were classified into “anxiety” or “no-anxiety” groups. The “anxiety” group had a significantly higher score on the Heineman forced-choice form of the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale than did the “no-anxiety” group.