Preliminary studies on the psychological adjustment in the Italian Antarctic summer campaigns

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 72-83

  Peri, Antonio ^a   Scarlata, Cristina ^b   Barbarito, Marta ^c  

^a Medical Corps of the Italian Navy   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVING STANDARD; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; POLAR REGION;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFFECT; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; COLD CLIMATE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRAVEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; COLD CLIMATE; EXPEDITIONS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0034110377     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00139160021972432     Document Type: Article

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