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2.1 | 1 | === Details === |
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| 3 | |**Acronym**|PSYCHSCALE | ||
| 4 | |**Description**|Utilizing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to improve participants’ psychological flexibility, stress and well-being, performance and error measures | ||
| 5 | |**Principal Investigator (PI)**|((( | ||
| 6 | Tricia L. Larose | ||
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| 8 | E-mail: [[tricia.larose@ntnu.no>>mailto:tricia.larose@ntnu.no]] | ||
| 9 | ))) | ||
| 10 | |**Organisation** |Institute of Management Studies, Goldsmiths University of London | ||
| 11 | |Ana Diaz-Artiles,|((( | ||
| 12 | Ana Diaz-Artiles, Texas A&M University, Department of Aerospace Engineering | ||
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| 14 | E-mail: [[adartiles@tamu.edu>>mailto:adartiles@tamu.edu]] | ||
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| 16 | Gabriel G. De la Torre, University of Cadiz, College of Education, Department of Psychology | ||
| 17 | Campus Rio San Pedro S/N, 11510 Puerto Real Cadiz, Spain | ||
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| 19 | E-mail: [[gabriel.delatorre@uca.es>>mailto:gabriel.delatorre@uca.es]] | ||
| 20 | ))) | ||
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| 22 | === Summary === | ||
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| 24 | [[image:1629013073345-374.png]] | ||
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| 26 | Mars analog astronauts undergo a rigorous selection and training process to ensure crew | ||
| 27 | cohesion and mission success. However, even the healthiest, strongest individuals may face | ||
| 28 | psychological challenges due to various stressors in extreme or abnormal | ||
| 29 | environments. In our effort to further human space exploration in a safe and effective way, | ||
| 30 | we must thoroughly understand and protect the psychological well-being of the crew, | ||
| 31 | before, during, and after the analog mission. | ||
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| 33 | The PsychScale experiment aims to study crew member anxiety and depression levels before, | ||
| 34 | during and after the mission in order to better understand psychological well-being in response | ||
| 35 | to known and unknown environmental stressors. It further aims to study the correlation between | ||
| 36 | crew anxiety and depression levels and the possibility of a “third quarter phenomena” (TQP) | ||
| 37 | whereby the first quarter of the mission may be characterized by crew excitement or anxiety, the | ||
| 38 | second quarter by boredom and depression, and the third quarter by increased emotional | ||
| 39 | outbursts. | ||
| 40 | This experiment uses the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) – an internationally | ||
| 41 | recognized, validated questionnaire on anxiety and depression. Additionally, two open-ended | ||
| 42 | qualitative questions that allow the participant to inform the scientific team of any issues related | ||
| 43 | to individual or crew mental health are included. |