Psychological selection of antarctic personnel: The "SOAP" instrument

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 793-800

  Grant, Iain ^a   Eriksen, Hege R ^b   Marquis, Peter ^a   Orre, Ingrid J ^b   Palinkas, Lawrence A ^c   Suedfeld, Peter ^d   Svensen, Erling ^b   Ursin, Holger ^b  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diurnal rhythm; Extreme environments; Polar work; Subjective health complaints

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCORING SYSTEM; WINTER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; COLD CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 34547929419     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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