Predictors of behavior and performance in extreme environments: The antarctic space analogue program

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 619-625

  Palinkas, Lawrence A ^a   Gunderson, E K Eric ^b   Holland, Albert W ^c   Miller, Christopher ^a   Johnson, Jeffrey C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Extreme environments; Interpersonal needs; Performance; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPACE FLIGHT;

NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS; NASA PROGRAM BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND COUNTERMEASURES; NON-NASA CENTER;

ADULT; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ASTRONAUTS; COLD CLIMATE; CONFINED SPACES; CONSCIENCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPACECRAFT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034034210     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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