Effects of Physical and Social Environments on the Health and Well-Being of Antarctic Winter-Over Personnel
This article examines the influence of physical and social environmental stressors on the short-term and long-term health and well-being of 358 enlisted U.S. Navy personnel who wintered-over in Antarctica between 1964 and 1974. Station size and severity of physical environment were significantly inv...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/0013916591236008 2024-09-15T17:48:10+00:00 Effects of Physical and Social Environments on the Health and Well-Being of Antarctic Winter-Over Personnel Palinkas, Lawrence A. 1991 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0013916591236008 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0013916591236008 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Environment and Behavior volume 23, issue 6, page 782-799 ISSN 0013-9165 1552-390X journal-article 1991 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/0013916591236008 2024-08-27T04:22:50Z This article examines the influence of physical and social environmental stressors on the short-term and long-term health and well-being of 358 enlisted U.S. Navy personnel who wintered-over in Antarctica between 1964 and 1974. Station size and severity of physical environment were significantly inversely associated with symptomatology of the winter-over syndrome. These characteristics of station environments were also significantly inversely associated with subsequent risk of total first hospital admissions relative to a group of 2,396 enlisted Navy men who volunteered for winter-over duty and were evaluated as medically and psychologically qualified for such duty but who were assigned elsewhere. The results suggest that adaptation to extreme social and physical environments may provide long-term health benefits for certain individuals. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica SAGE Publications Environment and Behavior 23 6 782 799 |
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This article examines the influence of physical and social environmental stressors on the short-term and long-term health and well-being of 358 enlisted U.S. Navy personnel who wintered-over in Antarctica between 1964 and 1974. Station size and severity of physical environment were significantly inversely associated with symptomatology of the winter-over syndrome. These characteristics of station environments were also significantly inversely associated with subsequent risk of total first hospital admissions relative to a group of 2,396 enlisted Navy men who volunteered for winter-over duty and were evaluated as medically and psychologically qualified for such duty but who were assigned elsewhere. The results suggest that adaptation to extreme social and physical environments may provide long-term health benefits for certain individuals. |
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Effects of Physical and Social Environments on the Health and Well-Being of Antarctic Winter-Over Personnel |
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Effects of Physical and Social Environments on the Health and Well-Being of Antarctic Winter-Over Personnel |
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Effects of Physical and Social Environments on the Health and Well-Being of Antarctic Winter-Over Personnel |
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Effects of Physical and Social Environments on the Health and Well-Being of Antarctic Winter-Over Personnel |
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effects of physical and social environments on the health and well-being of antarctic winter-over personnel |
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