Table 2. Novel methods being used to...

Table 2.

Novel methods being used to study extreme teams

Measures	Construct	Sample article
Physiological measures
Skin conductance	Psychophysiological self-regulation and stress resistance	Vinokhodova et al. (2012)
Saliva sampling	Stress	Roma et al. (2013)
Reaction time measures	Expedition functioning	Koscheyev et al. (1994)
Blood pressure	Expedition functioning	Koscheyev et al. (1994)
Wrist-worn actigraphs	Rest-activity cycles	Basner et al. (2014)
Thymic reactions	Mood and anxiety	Décamps and Rosnet (2005)
Somatic Measures
amount of sleep	Stress	Décamps and Rosnet (2005)
Headaches	Stress	Décamps and Rosnet (2005)
Homeostat tests	Efficiency of interpersonal interactions among crew	Vinokhodova et al. (2012)
Ethnographic Methods
diary and logbook analysis (linguistic inquiry and word count programs)	Emotions, achievement, social processes	Roma et al. (2013)
Social network analysis	Social structures social structures	Johnson et al. (2003) Krins (2009)
	Leadership network archetypes	Lungeanu et al. (2022)
	Interpersonal networks	Lungeanu et al. (2023)
Coding videos	Coordination behaviors (e.g. CLC) Information sharing	Schmutz et al. (2015) Uitdewilligen and Waller (2018)
	Noldus observer XT	Joseph et al., 2022
	AI-powered multimodal learning analytics system	Echeverria et al. (2025)
Post-mission/expedition interviews	Stress, coping, motivations	Kahn and Leon (1994)
	Coping, general experience	Leon et al. (1989)
	Changes since expedition*	Leon et al. (2011)

Measures	Construct	Sample article
Physiological measures
Skin conductance	Psychophysiological self-regulation and stress resistance	Vinokhodova et al. (2012)
Saliva sampling	Stress	Roma et al. (2013)
Reaction time measures	Expedition functioning	Koscheyev et al. (1994)
Blood pressure	Expedition functioning	Koscheyev et al. (1994)
Wrist-worn actigraphs	Rest-activity cycles	Basner et al. (2014)
Thymic reactions	Mood and anxiety	Décamps and Rosnet (2005)
Somatic Measures
amount of sleep	Stress	Décamps and Rosnet (2005)
Headaches	Stress	Décamps and Rosnet (2005)
Homeostat tests	Efficiency of interpersonal interactions among crew	Vinokhodova et al. (2012)
Ethnographic Methods
diary and logbook analysis (linguistic inquiry and word count programs)	Emotions, achievement, social processes	Roma et al. (2013)
Social network analysis	Social structures social structures	Johnson et al. (2003)Krins (2009)
	Leadership network archetypes	Lungeanu et al. (2022)
	Interpersonal networks	Lungeanu et al. (2023)
Coding videos	Coordination behaviors (e.g. CLC) Information sharing	Schmutz et al. (2015)Uitdewilligen and Waller (2018)
	Noldus observer XT	Joseph et al., 2022
	AI-powered multimodal learning analytics system	Echeverria et al. (2025)
Post-mission/expedition interviews	Stress, coping, motivations	Kahn and Leon (1994)
	Coping, general experience	Leon et al. (1989)
	Changes since expedition*	Leon et al. (2011)

Note(s):

*6 months out

Source(s): Authors’ own work