Person-environment fit: A cross-national and cross-temporal study of human adaptation to isolated and confined environments
While most studies using a Person-Environment (P-E) fit approach focus on commonplace work settings, the present study adopts this approach to explore an extreme and unusual setting; specifically, Antarctic research stations. People who had been deployed for a year in Antarctica (n = 59) were asked...
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ftnipr:oai:nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp:00016343 2023-05-15T13:49:00+02:00 Person-environment fit: A cross-national and cross-temporal study of human adaptation to isolated and confined environments 2020-12 https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=16343 http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00016222/ en eng https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2020.100590 https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=16343 http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00016222/ Polar Science, 26, 100590(2020-12) 18739652 Person-environment fit Antarctic Polar psychology Extreme environments Journal Article 2020 ftnipr https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2020.100590 2022-12-03T19:43:16Z While most studies using a Person-Environment (P-E) fit approach focus on commonplace work settings, the present study adopts this approach to explore an extreme and unusual setting; specifically, Antarctic research stations. People who had been deployed for a year in Antarctica (n = 59) were asked to reflect on their experience and to report their perceived fit with the environment. Other measures reported included job satisfaction, cognitive impairment, sleep disturbance, and an indicator of subjective well-being (positive/negative mood ratio). It was hypothesized that measures of personality traits and social needs could predict one's fit with the environment. It was found that loneliness (misfit with isolation) was significantly negatively related to job satisfaction and mood, and positively related to cognitive impairment. Fit with confinement was not reliably associated with any outcome variables. The explanations regarding the lack of predictability from personality traits and social needs, and other limitations are discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Polar Science Polar Science National Institute of Polar Research Repository, Japan Antarctic Polar Science 26 100590 |
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While most studies using a Person-Environment (P-E) fit approach focus on commonplace work settings, the present study adopts this approach to explore an extreme and unusual setting; specifically, Antarctic research stations. People who had been deployed for a year in Antarctica (n = 59) were asked to reflect on their experience and to report their perceived fit with the environment. Other measures reported included job satisfaction, cognitive impairment, sleep disturbance, and an indicator of subjective well-being (positive/negative mood ratio). It was hypothesized that measures of personality traits and social needs could predict one's fit with the environment. It was found that loneliness (misfit with isolation) was significantly negatively related to job satisfaction and mood, and positively related to cognitive impairment. Fit with confinement was not reliably associated with any outcome variables. The explanations regarding the lack of predictability from personality traits and social needs, and other limitations are discussed. |
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Person-environment fit: A cross-national and cross-temporal study of human adaptation to isolated and confined environments |
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Person-environment fit: A cross-national and cross-temporal study of human adaptation to isolated and confined environments |
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Person-environment fit: A cross-national and cross-temporal study of human adaptation to isolated and confined environments |
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Person-environment fit: A cross-national and cross-temporal study of human adaptation to isolated and confined environments |
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person-environment fit: a cross-national and cross-temporal study of human adaptation to isolated and confined environments |
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