Psychological Monitoring

Johannes, Bernd; Baarsen, Berna van

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-16996-1_22

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“…Several researchers have commented on the appropriateness and design of monitoring tools, highlighting that they need to feel acceptable to crew (Goemaere et al, 2019); transparent about reasons behind recommendations (Smith et al, 2023); and primarily for crew use rather than mission control (Johannes and van Baarsen, 2020). Some astronauts dislike psychological monitoring and may even attempt to give false results (Slack et al, 2016), likely because poor scores can threaten their careers (Kanas and Manzey, 2008).…”

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“…For instance, the Astroskin Bio-Monitor Vest tracks vital statistics like blood oxygen saturation Hexoskin 2 . With regards to psychological health, the focus has historically been centred on anxiety and stress management (Gatti et al, 2022), usually for discrete performance monitoring (Johannes and van Baarsen, 2020). However, to truly understand wellbeing, a holistic view is required to capture behaviour across multiple contexts including leisure time, which is pertinent when remaining in the same environment.…”

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The future potential of virtual reality countermeasures for maintaining behavioural health during long duration space exploration

Thomas

2023

Front. Virtual Real.

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Long duration space exploration is no longer a fantasy, with Elon Musk claiming to launch astronauts to Mars as early as 2029. The substantial increase in spaceflight duration required for a Mars mission has resulted in a stronger focus on behavioural health outcomes at NASA, with increased interest in using virtual reality countermeasures to both monitor and promote psychological wellbeing. From the perspective of a practitioner psychologist, this paper first considers the utility of virtual reality assessment of emerging behavioural health concerns for remote monitoring purposes. Key opportunities include using virtual reality for functional cognitive testing and leveraging the predictive abilities of multimodal data for personalised insights into symptomology. Suggestions are given as to how astronauts can self-monitor usage of virtual leisure activities that facilitate positive emotional experiences. Secondly, the potential to develop virtual reality countermeasures to deliver semi-structured therapeutic interventions such as collaborative cognitive-behavioural formulation in the absence of real-time communication is discussed. Finally, considerations for the responsible implementation of psychological monitoring tools are reviewed within a context of fostering psychological safety and reducing stigma.

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confidence: 99%