LSDA: Experiment - At_Home_In

EXPERIMENT INFORMATION

Cultures, Values, and Environmental Adaptation in Space (At_Home_In_Space)

Principal Investigator

+ Johnson, Phyllis J.

Research Area:

Behavior and performance

Species Studied

Scientific Name: Homo sapiens Species: Human

Study Type

+ International Space Station (ISS)

Description

OBJECTIVES:
This study assesses culture, values, and psychosocial adaptation of astronauts to a space environment shared by multinational crews on long-duration missions. Data from computer-administered questionnaires will be collected from crewmembers before, during, and after a 6-month International Space Station (ISS) mission. The objectives are:

To describe the importance astronauts place on feeling at home in space and how these perceptions about home in space change over the duration of a mission.
To identify the unique combination of cultures that develop during space missions (i.e., agency, national, or a shared space culture).
To characterize the effects of a long-duration mission on the astronauts’ work-family interactions noting how such interactions change pre- to post-mission.
To quantify changes in the astronauts’ hierarchy of important values when baseline scores are compared with those obtained after mission completion.
To assess changes in problem solving, coping with stress, self-efficacy, family functioning, and involvement with their partners and children (if applicable) over pre-, during, and post-mission intervals.
To recognize post-mission positive and negative psychological changes.
To identify the effect of selected demographic and space career variables on patterns found in objectives 1 through 6.

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APPROACH:
Baseline data collection (BDC) will take place in two sessions, the first being preflight between Launch minus 140 (L-140) days and L-110 days. The second BDC will take place postflight between Return to earth plus 14 (R+14) days and R+21 days. Two inflight data collections are planned between Launch plus 14 (L+14) days and L+21 days and between Return to earth minus 23 (R-23) days and R-30 days. The subject will use a computer with access to the Internet to complete each session’s activities.

Preflight, the subject will view an introductory video and then complete a computer-administered questionnaire package including: Perceived Stress Questionnaire, Brief COPE Inventory, Schwartz Values Survey, General Self-Efficacy Scale, Individualism/Collectivism Scale, Family APGAR, Work-Family Conflict Scale, Astronaut Involvement with Partner, Family Support & Satisfaction, Parent-Child Involvement, and Background Information.

Postflight, the subject will complete a computer administered questionnaire package including: Perceived Stress Questionnaire, Brief COPE Inventory, Schwartz Values Survey, General Self-Efficacy Scale, Individualism/Collectivism Scale, Family APGAR. Work-Family Conflict Scale, Astronaut Involvement with Partner, Family Support & Satisfaction, Parent-Child Involvement, Post-Experience Growth Scale, and Reflections (open-ended questions).

Inflight, the subject will complete a computer administered questionnaire package including: Acculturation to Space Culture, Parent-Child Involvement, Home in the Sky, Family Functioning APGAR, Astronaut Involvement with Partner, Perceived Stress Questionnaire, Brief COPE Inventory, General Self-Efficacy. In addition, historical photos will be taken before the second session.

RESULTS:
Results for this investigation are unavailable. This is an international experiment. NASA does not currently have an agreement with international space partners to archive their data in the LSDA.

Keywords

Culture

Social values

Psychology

Acculturation

Stress, psychological

Data Information

Data Availability

Archiving in progress. Data is not yet available for this experiment.

Parameters

Acculturation

Coping response

Individualism

Interactions with children

Interactions with partners

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Mission/Study Information

Mission	Launch/Start Date	Landing/End Date	Duration
Expedition 47	03/02/2016	06/18/2016	108 days
Expedition 48	06/18/2016	09/06/2016	80 days
Expedition 49	09/06/2016	10/30/2016	54 days
Expedition 50	10/28/2016	04/09/2017	164 days
Expedition 51	04/09/2017	06/02/2017	55 days
Expedition 52	06/02/2017	09/02/2017	92 days
Expedition 53	09/02/2017	12/14/2017	102 days
Expedition 54	12/14/2017	02/27/2018	75 days
Expedition 55	02/27/2018	06/03/2018	96 days
Expedition 56	06/03/2018	10/04/2018	123 days
Expedition 57	10/04/2018	12/20/2018	77 days
Expedition 58	12/18/2018	03/14/2019	85 days
Expedition 59	03/14/2019	06/24/2019	102 days
Expedition 60	06/24/2019	10/03/2019	101 days

Additional Information

Co-Investigators

+ Suedfeld, Peter

Managing NASA Center

Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Responsible NASA Representative

Johnson Space Center LSDA Office
Project Manager: Eric Gallagher

Institutional Support

Canadian Space Agency (CSA)

Proposal Date

Proposal Source

International