HUMAN ADAPTATION TO ANTARCTIC STATION LIFE

• Main Author: Nelson, Paul D.
• Other Authors: NAVY MEDICAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH UNIT SAN DIEGO CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1962
• Subjects: Psychology; *GROUP DYNAMICS; *SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; *CONFINED ENVIRONMENTS; ATTITUDES(PSYCHOLOGY); CORRELATION TECHNIQUES; EMOTIONS; ADJUSTMENT(PSYCHOLOGY); PERSONALITY; ECOLOGY; Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0286493; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0286493

Adaptation to the demands of Antarctic station life is considered in terms of an ongoing process of emotional, work, and social adjustment. RESEARCH EFFORTS WERE DIRECTED TOWARDS DEVELOPING MEANINGFUL AND RELIABLE MEASURES OF SUCH ADAPTATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPARING INDIVIDUALS AND STATION GROUPS. Effort is yet needed in measuring adaptation as a process rather than as an end state, and greater efforts will be required in future studies of correlates of adaptation. The demographic and personality attributes of station members, the specific work roles of individuals, the group structure, and the demands of the physical environment must be considered relative to one another over time before a more thorough understanding of human adaptation will be achieved.