2009/07/23 by F. U. John Paul, Manas Kumar Mandal, Manas K. Mandal +3 · 14 citations
Engineering · Medicine · Psychology · #Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking #Applied psychology #Clinical psychology #Developmental psychology #Interpersonal communication #Interpersonal interaction #Interpersonal relationship #Isolation (microbiology) #Psychology #Social psychology #Space Exploration and Technology #Spaceflight effects on biology
paper · doi:10.1177/0013916509336889
published in Environment and Behavior 42(5), 707-717 (SAGE Publishing)
openalex publication_date 2009/07/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The article discusses a study that focused on interpersonal needs and investigated whether interpersonal behavior of Antarctic personnel deteriorated after the halfway point of prolonged isolation and confinement. Twenty-three personnel who resided in Antarctica for 14 months served as participants. The mean age of participants was 39 years (SD = 8.7 years). This study uses the FIRO-B questionnaire that assessed the dimensions of interpersonal behavior. The findings indicate a greater need to associate with other personnel but with less intimacy. Inversely, personnel want others to establish close relationships with them but with a low level of interaction. Besides, the overall interpersonal behavior (the mean score of six scales of FIRO-B) reveals a significant improvement in the first versus the second half of a prolonged isolated and confined environment.