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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Personality and Social Psychology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1444276

Personality matters in extremely demanding environments: A bed rest performance study

Provisionally accepted
Panja Goerke Panja Goerke *Claudia Marggraf-Micheel Claudia Marggraf-Micheel Dirk Stelling Dirk Stelling Henning Soll Henning Soll
  • Department of Aviation and Space Psychology, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

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    Personality is a rather neglected aspect in bed rest studies. The aim of the study was to clarify which specific personality pattern may predict the performance of bed rest study participants. Personality traits were correlated with participants' performance rated by the team running the study. The sample consisted of N = 68 participants who took part in one of four different studies. A broad set of personality traits correlated with different performance aspects (stability, perseverance, modesty, flexibility, compliance, likability, social adaptation). Emotional instability showed the highest correlations. Furthermore, participants with low aggressiveness, low empathy and low achievement motivation were rated as more suitable for a study. Additionally, participants with a high extraversion showed a higher social adaptation.

    Keywords: Extremely demanding environments, Bed Rest, Personality profile, Performance Criteria, emotional instability

    Received: 05 Jun 2024; Accepted: 13 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Goerke, Marggraf-Micheel, Stelling and Soll. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Panja Goerke, Department of Aviation and Space Psychology, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, 51147, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

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