Correlations between objective indexes and personality traits of pilots in virtual reality tasks
ZHANG Yan
XIONG Duanqin
LIN Rong
DU Jian
GE Hanxiao
ZHANG Yishuang
LIAO Yang
SUN Hongchang
ZHANG Lei
XU Xiao
YANG Liu
Abstract：Objective To explore the feasibility of evaluating the personality traits of pilots.Methods Twenty-six pilots under aviation training were randomly selected to complete the Cattell's 16 personality factors questionnaire(16PF),cliff edge walking,cliff jumping,and desktop simulation cruise in a virtual reality(VR)environment.Before and after the VR task,the skin signals of the subjects were collected and the level of stress was self-rated.During the task,the electrical signals and jump reaction time were synchronously monitored and recorded.The correlations between the changes of skin electrical values,jump response and 16PF were analyzed.Results 1)In 16PF,the factors of automaticity,tension,daring and sophistication were significantly correlated with the change rate of the corresponding skin electrical values(r=-0.464～0.482,all P＜0.05).2)Subjects with a short jump time had significantly lower scores in the skeptical dimension of the Cattell's 16 personality factors questionnaire than those with a long jump time(t=3.25,P=0.007).3)The target search time of subjects was positively correlated with the change rate of skin electrical values in the cliff formation stage,the change rate of skin electrical values in the jump task stage,and the jump time(r=0.416,0.416,0.490,P=0.035,0.035,0.011).Conclusion The change rate of skin electrical values in virtual reality tasks may be a potential objective index for evaluation of personality traits of pilots.
Keywords：Psychological experimentGalvanic skinPersonality traitsPilots
Publication Date：2023-10-25
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 390-394 )