While most studies using a Person-Environment (P-E) fit approach focus on commonplace work settings, the present study adopts this approach to explore an extreme and unusual setting; specifically, Antarctic research stations. People who had been deployed for a year in Antarctica (n = 59) were asked to reflect on their experience and to report their perceived fit with the environment. Other measures reported included job satisfaction, cognitive impairment, sleep disturbance, and an indicator of subjective well-being (positive/negative mood ratio). It was hypothesized that measures of personality traits and social needs could predict one's fit with the environment. It was found that loneliness (misfit with isolation) was significantly negatively related to job satisfaction and mood, and positively related to cognitive impairment. Fit with confinement was not reliably associated with any outcome variables. The explanations regarding the lack of predictability from personality traits and social needs, and other limitations are discussed.

尽管大多数使用“人与环境”（PE）拟合方法的研究都侧重于平常的工作环境，但本研究采用这种方法来探索极端和不寻常的环境。特别是南极研究站。在南极部署了一年的人员（n = 59）被要求反思他们的经验并报告他们对环境的感觉。报告的其他指标包括工作满意度，认知障碍，睡眠障碍和主观幸福感指标（正/负情绪比）。有人假设，性格特征和社会需求的量度可以预测一个人对环境的适应程度。结果发现，孤独感（与孤独感失调）与工作满意度和情绪显着负相关，与认知障碍呈正相关。禁闭拟合没有可靠地与任何结果变量相关联。讨论了关于人格特质和社会需求缺乏可预测性的解释以及其他限制。