The Psychology of Isolated and Confined Environments: Understanding Human Behavior in Antarctica

American Psychologist

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 353-363

  Palinkas, Lawrence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANTARCTICA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS; NASA PROGRAM BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND COUNTERMEASURES; NON-NASA CENTER; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY;

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

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0141640885     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.58.5.353     Document Type: Article

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