Social, occupational and cultural adaptation in Antarctica

Michel Nicolas (1) , Sheryl Bishop , Karine Weiss (2) , Marvin Gaudino

1 SPMS - Laboratoire de Socio-Psychologie et Management du Sport
2 CHROME - Détection, évaluation, gestion des risques CHROniques et éMErgents (CHROME) / Université de Nîmes

Objectives & Method: This study investigated psychological, social, occupational and cultural variables in adaptation to a one-year wintering in Antarctica with 13 international participants. Results & Conclusion: These psychosocial issues have important implications for pre-mission selection and training, monitoring and support of crews during the mission and post-mission readaptation highlighting the role of psychologists in stressful and extreme situations.

Mots clés: adaptation to extreme environments; isolated environments; long-duration space missions; psychosocial issues

Domaines: Psychologie

Michel Nicolas, Sheryl Bishop, Karine Weiss, Marvin Gaudino. Social, occupational and cultural adaptation in Antarctica. 15th European Congress of Psychology, Jul 2017, Amsterdam, Netherlands. ⟨hal-03606160⟩