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Personality patterns of anxiety during occupational deep dives with long‐term confinement in hyperbaric chamber
Author(s) -
Abraini J. H.,
Ansseau M.,
Bisson T.,
de Mendoza J.L. Juan,
Therme P.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199810)54:6<825::aid-jclp10>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - anxiety , personality , psychology , big five personality traits , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , social psychology , psychiatry
Extreme environments are generally thought to be stressful situations. Occupational deep diving inflicts periods of long‐term confinement in hyperbaric chambers and high‐pressure exposure on divers. Such extreme environmental conditions have been demonstrated to produce acute responses of anxiety in individual divers. Although these studies have mentioned personality as a factor explaining why some divers reported an increase in ratings of anxiety, the role of personality traits still remains unclear. The present study examines the possible role of personality traits in the development of diving anxiety. Results confirm that diving anxiety remains at the individual level and relatively transient and suggest that personality factors, such as low self‐control and emotional instability, that reflect an incapacity to control and express tension in an appropriate manner would play a crucial role in the occurrence of diving anxiety. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Psychol 54: 825–830, 1998.