Dear Colleagues,
Background:
I and my colleagues are working on a quantitative review and data-mining effort for NASA's Behavioral Health and Performance (BHP) Element focused on team research that has been conducted in long-duration exploration analogue environments. We are seeking in press, unpublished, or difficult to find/obtain (e.g., technical reports) research that includes team data collected in environments analogous to long-duration space flight.
Inclusion criteria:
The variables included in our request are broad: any team factors, team processes, emergent states, or team outcomes. Appropriate research context, however, is narrow. Teams should have faced at least one of the conditions expected for long duration space flight such as isolation, confinement, a dangerous environment, or living and working together. Examples of appropriate settings include research on: fire fighters, Polar exploration teams, deployed teams in combat, submariners, teams in space simulations (e.g., MARS 500, ECOPSY), etc.
What we are requesting from you:
If your research examined teams in analogue environments, we would very much appreciate anything that you are willing to share. Data will likely be appropriate if it can be used to calculate a meta-analytic effect between two team-level variables or if it can be used for benchmarking rates of change or occurrence for one or more variables collected over time in one or more teams. If you have data but nothing written up, I can send you a coding form for you to complete that will capture relevant situational characteristics, predictor and outcome categorizations, and effect sizes or benchmarking data.
Who to contact:
Information and questions can be sent to me at SBELL11@depaul.edu We would appreciate receiving an e-mail from you by June 1, if you have data that may be included.
Thank you very much for considering our request.
I apologize for cross-posting.
Best regards,
Suzanne
Suzanne T. Bell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
DePaul University
SBELL11@depaul.edu
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