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Maritime Psychology

Research in Organizational & Health Behavior at Sea

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Editors:
  1. Malcolm MacLachlan

    1. Psychology, Trnity College Dublin, College Green, Ireland

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  • Brings together organizational and health psychology research concerned with maritime

  • Includes a case study of Maritime Psychology in Greek Shipping

  • Topics include sleep and performance at sea, and stress, coping and health at sea

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Maritime Psychology: Definition, Scope and Conceptualization

    • Malcolm MacLachlan
    Pages 1-17

  3. Positive Psychology and Well-Being at Sea

    • Joanne McVeigh, Malcolm MacLachlan, Ralf Stilz, Henriette Cox, Niamh Doyle, Alistair Fraser et al.
    Pages 19-47

  4. Transferring Learning Across Safety-Critical Industries

    • Paul M. Liston, Alison Kay, Sam Cromie, Nick McDonald, Bill Kavanagh, Roddy Cooke et al.
    Pages 49-68

  5. The Psychology of Ship Architecture and Design

    • Margareta Lützhöft, Erik Styhr Petersen, Apsara Abeysiriwardhane
    Pages 69-98

  6. Occupational Stress in Seafaring

    • Ana Slišković
    Pages 99-126

  7. Risk Factors for Fatigue in Shipping, the Consequences for Seafarers’ Health and Options for Preventive Intervention

    • Jørgen Riis Jepsen, Zhiwei Zhao, Claire Pekcan, Mike Barnett, Wessel M. A. van Leeuwen
    Pages 127-150

  8. Motion Sickness Susceptibility and Management at Sea

    • John F. Golding
    Pages 151-183

  9. Risk Communication: Following a Maritime Disaster

    • Ian de Terte, Elspeth Tilley
    Pages 185-199

  10. Psychometric Assessment: A Case Study of Greek Merchant Marine Officers Using the MMPI-2

    • Yannis Zolotas, Maria Kalafati, Ernestos Tzannatos, Dionysios Rassias
    Pages 201-222

  11. Sailing as an Intervention

    • Malcolm MacLachlan
    Pages 223-234

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 235-241
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About this book

This first-of-its-kind volume assembles current research on psychosocial issues and behavioral and safety concerns inherent in life and careers at sea. Focusing mainly on the commercial maritime transport sector, it sets out the basic concepts of maritime psychology in the contexts of health and occupational psychology and illustrates more expansive applications across nautical domains. A systems perspective and detailed case studies spotlight unique challenges to mariners’ work performance, personal and environmental health and safety; it also provides support for psychometric assessment of seafarers, and describes emerging uses for the healing properties of the sea and sailing. The book is a springboard for continued research and practice development, further interaction between psychology and the maritime world, and the continued broadening and deepening of the field.

 

Among the topics covered:

 

·         Positive psychology and wellbeing at sea.

·         Transferring learning across safety critical industries.

·         Occupational stress in seafarers.

·         The psychology of ship architecture and design.

·         Motion sickness susceptibility and management at sea.

·         Risk communication during a maritime disaster.

 

Written with clarity and nuance reflecting the vastness of marine experience, Maritime Psychology will be of interest to lecturers, researchers, and students of occupational and health psychology and maritime science, and to social and health scientists and practitioners in these and related fields. 

Reviews

“Overall, this book assembles relevant research studies on several essential aspects of maritime psychology, and it is a good resource for researchers who seek contemporary studies and future research directions in the field of maritime psychology. … this book is a valuable contribution to the growing literature on maritime psychology and an excellent addition to the bookshelf of anyone with an interest in this fascinating area of maritime research.” (Tae-eun Kim, WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs, Vol. 20, 2021)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Psychology, Trnity College Dublin, College Green, Ireland

    Malcolm MacLachlan

About the editor

Prof Malcolm MacLachlan, is Professor of Global Health and Director of Research in the School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin. He is Associate Director of the Centre for Global Health, and a member of the Centre for Innovative Human Systems, at Trinity College Dublin. He has published over 20 books, including 15 edited volumes with various publishers (e.g. Springer , Wiley, Routledge, Palgrave-MacMillan, Churchill Livingstone). His research interests are in the application of organisational and health psychology to global health issues. He has recently developed an interest in maritime psychology. This has included facilitating the School of Psychology at Trinity exchanging an MOU with the National Maritime College of Ireland; attending conferences on seafarer research (Cardiff, 2011) and the International Maritime Society Conference (Odessa, 2012); as well as gaining sea time on merchant navy vessels, during 2011-2013. He is the lead author on a recently published review of maritime health in the International Maritime Health journal and of a chapter on maritime health and organisational psychology in the 2nd edition of the Textbook of Maritime Medicine (2014). He has been invited to deliver a Keynote Address at the next International Maritime Society Conference in Bergin, Norway, in June 2015.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Maritime Psychology

  • Book Subtitle: Research in Organizational & Health Behavior at Sea

  • Editors: Malcolm MacLachlan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45430-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-45428-3Published: 26 January 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83292-0Published: 29 April 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-45430-6Published: 21 January 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 241

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Health Psychology, Psychology Research

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