Preliminary Studies on the Psychological Adjustment in the Italian Antarctic Summer Campaigns
Up until now, no significant emotional or cognitive modifications have been found in psychological studies performed during Italian Antarctic summer campaigns, which last from 2 to 5 months. A substantial emotional stability and a general satisfactory adjustment of the expedition participants emerge...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/00139160021972432 2024-10-13T14:02:04+00:00 Preliminary Studies on the Psychological Adjustment in the Italian Antarctic Summer Campaigns Peri, Antonio Scarlata, Cristina Barbarito, Marta 2000 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00139160021972432 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/00139160021972432 en eng SAGE Publications https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Environment and Behavior volume 32, issue 1, page 72-83 ISSN 0013-9165 1552-390X journal-article 2000 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/00139160021972432 2024-09-24T04:11:52Z Up until now, no significant emotional or cognitive modifications have been found in psychological studies performed during Italian Antarctic summer campaigns, which last from 2 to 5 months. A substantial emotional stability and a general satisfactory adjustment of the expedition participants emerged in the research. To investigate the coping strategies used to deal with the Antarctic environment, the Profile of Mood States (POMS) and the Ways of Coping Inventory were administered to a group of 11 Italian expeditioners before leaving and before returning from the campaign. The results confirm the emotional stability found in the previous studies and show a decrease of several ways of coping. Particularly, there was a decrease in seeking social support and in problem-focused coping. The discussion and interpretation of the findings are reported, and the hypothesis of a frozen reactivity mediated by a possible perceptual defense is suggested. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic SAGE Publications Antarctic The Antarctic Environment and Behavior 32 1 72 83 |
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Up until now, no significant emotional or cognitive modifications have been found in psychological studies performed during Italian Antarctic summer campaigns, which last from 2 to 5 months. A substantial emotional stability and a general satisfactory adjustment of the expedition participants emerged in the research. To investigate the coping strategies used to deal with the Antarctic environment, the Profile of Mood States (POMS) and the Ways of Coping Inventory were administered to a group of 11 Italian expeditioners before leaving and before returning from the campaign. The results confirm the emotional stability found in the previous studies and show a decrease of several ways of coping. Particularly, there was a decrease in seeking social support and in problem-focused coping. The discussion and interpretation of the findings are reported, and the hypothesis of a frozen reactivity mediated by a possible perceptual defense is suggested. |
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Preliminary Studies on the Psychological Adjustment in the Italian Antarctic Summer Campaigns |
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Preliminary Studies on the Psychological Adjustment in the Italian Antarctic Summer Campaigns |
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Preliminary Studies on the Psychological Adjustment in the Italian Antarctic Summer Campaigns |
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Preliminary Studies on the Psychological Adjustment in the Italian Antarctic Summer Campaigns |
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