Short Title:
SHAQ Development and Validation
Responsible HRP Element:
Human Factors and Behavioral Performance
Funding Status:
Active - Currently funded and in progress
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Procurement Mechanism(s):
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Aims:
This task is in response to an urgent need to develop and validate a Space Flight Habitability and Acceptability Questionnaire (SHAQ) to assess the behavioral health and performance impacts of volume, layout, and other design features of vehicles and habitats for long-duration exploration spaceflight and other operational environments.
Aim 1: Conduct a review to identify primary constructs and themes relevant to habitability effects on individual and team behavioral health and performance in operational environments.
Aim 2: Develop candidate questionnaire items based on the constructs and themes identified in the literature review and validated against coded videos from the ISS Habitability Study (PI: Greene) and in consultation with Subject Matter Experts.
Aim 3: Empirically assess the initial sensitivity, construct validity, divergent validity, and concurrent validity of SHAQ in HERA C5.
Aim 4: Refine SHAQ based on the results of the HERA validation study.
Aim 5: Draft a NASA Technical Report and/or manuscript for publication that (a) provides the results of SHAQ research and development efforts and (b) offers habitability recommendations for future deep space exploration missions.
Aim 6: Author a SHAQ User Guide for public dissemination providing details on administration, scoring, and data management and interpretation.
Ground Analog Resources
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Ground-Based Flight Analogs
- Controlled Research Analog, Short Duration (2 months or less) – isolated and confined with spaceflight mission scenario [e.g., HERA, NEEMO]
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| Number of Subjects
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16
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Category:
Risk Characterization, Quantification
Subcategory:
Evidence or Risk Characterization
Description:
This task will provide evidence regarding changes in behavioral health and performance, relative to changes in habitable volume, layout, and design, in isolation and confinement. A final report will summarize findings from our experimental protocol in HERA.
Internal Customers:
Human Factors and Behavioral Performance
External Customers:
None
Category:
Standard
Subcategory:
Update
Description:
This task may result in information that could inform a standard in the NASA Habitability Standards 3001 Vol. 2. As an example, standards relative to private crew quarters may be informed in part by the results of this investigation. If applicable, we will update relevant standards.
Internal Customers:
Human Factors and Behavioral Performance
External Customers:
None
Category:
Technology or Tool
Subcategory:
Informatics
Description:
We will deliver the HERA validated Spaceflight Habitability Acceptability Questionnaire (SHAQ) along with an accompanying manual (outlining the psychometric properties of the measure along with considerations for format for delivery).
Internal Customers:
Human Factors and Behavioral Performance
External Customers:
None