Cross-cultural differences in psychosocial adaptation to isolated and confined environments

• Main Authors: Palinkas, LA, Johnson, JC, Boster, JS, Rakusa-Suszczewski, S, Klopov, VP, Fu, XQ, Sachdeva, U
• Other Authors: Palinkas, LA (reprint author), Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Family & Prevent Med, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA., Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Family & Prevent Med, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA., E Carolina Univ, Inst Coastal & Marine Studies, Greenville, NC USA., Univ Connecticut, Dept Anthropol, Storrs, CT USA., Polish Acad Sci, Dept Antarct Biol, Warsaw, Poland., Polar Univ, Dept Social Ecol, St Petersburg, Russia., Peking Univ, Inst Basic Med Sci, Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China., Arabian Gulf Univ, Dept Physiol, Manama, Bahrain., Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Family & Prevent Med, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA.
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: aviation space and environmental medicine 2004
• Subjects: multinational crews; mood; social support; Antarctica; extreme environments; DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS; STRESS; WINTER; PERFORMANCE; BEHAVIOR; ISSUES; Antarctic; Arctowski; Arctowski Station; Austral; Maitri; Maitri Station; South Pole; The Antarctic; Vostok Station; Antarc*; South pole
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/400052

Introduction: Differences in patterns of psychosocial adaptation under conditions of prolonged isolation and confinement in Antarctica were examined to determine the extent to which they were influenced by national culture in general and the individualist-collectivist orientation of national culture...