Positive psychological outcomes of spaceflight: An empirical study

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 93-101

  Ihle, Eva C ^b   Ritsher, Jennifer B ^c   Kanas, Nick ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adaptation; Coping; Countermeasures; Personality; Salutogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COSMONAUT; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; POSITIVE EFFECTS OF BEING IN SPACE QUESTIONNAIRE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPACE FLIGHT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ASTRONAUTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 32044436699     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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