Shved, D.; Supolkina, N.; Yusupova, A. The Communicative Behavior of Russian Cosmonauts: “Content” Space Experiment Result Generalization. Aerospace2024, 11, 136.
Shved, D.; Supolkina, N.; Yusupova, A. The Communicative Behavior of Russian Cosmonauts: “Content” Space Experiment Result Generalization. Aerospace 2024, 11, 136.
Shved, D.; Supolkina, N.; Yusupova, A. The Communicative Behavior of Russian Cosmonauts: “Content” Space Experiment Result Generalization. Aerospace2024, 11, 136.
Shved, D.; Supolkina, N.; Yusupova, A. The Communicative Behavior of Russian Cosmonauts: “Content” Space Experiment Result Generalization. Aerospace 2024, 11, 136.
Abstract
The increasing complexity of the space flight program and the increase in the duration of missions require improvement of psychological monitoring tools for astronauts in orbit. The article summarizes the experience of using quantitative content analysis of communication between the crews and the Mission control center (MCC). This method allows to assess dynamics of astronaut’s psycho-emotional state, to identify the communicative style, and to detect the communication phenomena of board-MCC communication. The method is based on a combination of coping strategies approach by Lazarus and Folkman as well as B.F. Lomov’s concept about the three functions of communication. We found influence of workload on the structure and volume of communication, defined the main stable communication styles of crewmembers, and confirmed presence of the emotional transfer phenomenon. We detected that astronauts successfully solve problems that arise in orbit using the capabilities of their communication style. An ineffective MCC communication style the leads to the psycho-emotional ill-being manifesting in emotional transfer phenomenon. The presence of “third quarter” phenomenon was not confirmed by materials from six-month space flights.
Keywords
crew communication; content analysis; coping strategies; communication styles; emotional transfer; third quarter phenomenon
Subject
Social Sciences, Psychology
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