The data on psychological adaptation during polar winter-overs in Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic stations

• Published in: Data in Brief
• Main Authors: Nicolas, Michel, Martinent, Guillaume, Suedfeld, Peter, Gaudino, Marvin
• Other Authors: Laboratoire de psychologie : dynamiques relationnelles et processus identitaires Dijon (PSY-DREPI), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté COMUE (UBFC), Maison des Sciences de l'Homme de Dijon (MSH Dijon (MSHD)), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté COMUE (UBFC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire sur les Vulnérabilités et l'Innovation dans le Sport (EA 7428) (L-VIS), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon, University of British Columbia (UBC), Santé
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2020
• Subjects: Social relationships; Emotional changes; Extreme environment; Isolated and confined environment; Occupational investment; Physical fatigue; Polar stations; Psychological adaptation; [SHS.PSY]Humanities and Social Sciences/Psychology; Antarctic; Kerguelen; Terre Adélie; Terre-Adélie; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hal-univ-bourgogne.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03552052; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2020.105324

(Q1) International audience The data presented in this article relate to the research article entitled “assessing psychological adaptation during polar winter-overs: The isolated and confined environments questionnaire (ICE-Q)” [1]. These data were acquired in order to develop a standardized instrument – the ICE-Q – designed to assess psychological adaptation within isolated, confined, and extreme environments. A total of 140 winterers from several sub-Antarctic (Amsterdam, Crozet, Kerguelen) and Antarctic (Concordia, Terre Adélie) stations voluntarily participated. Data were collected by multiple self-report questionnaires including a wide variety of well-known and validated questionnaires to record the winterers’ responses to polar stations. Data were gathered across two or three winter seasons within each of the 5 polar stations to ensure sufficiently large sample. From four to seven measurement time along a one-year period were proposed to the participants, resulting in 479 momentary assessments. Results of exploratory factor analyses, confirmatory factor analyses, exploratory structural equation modelling, reliability analyses, and test-retest provided strong evidence for the construct validity of the ICE-Q (19–item 4-factor questionnaire). The four factors were social, emotional, occupational and physical. Future studies would examine the dynamic of psychological adaptation in isolated, confined and/or extreme environments during polar missions.