Aspectos psicológicos a bordo de navios mercantes

Abstract

This paperwork will talk about some psychological aspects lived by workers aboard merchant ships, and with the objective of analyzing the most relevant subjects regarding this theme,it was divided in four chapters. In the first one, the context of the onboard labor is showed through topics about the boarding schedule, the labor routine, the confinement issue and some cultural and physical issues. In the second chapter, some physical disorders related to work are discussed, in which the changes in the circadian cycle and the term DORT are presented and related with the seafarer's routine. In the third one, some issues about the work-related emotional disorders will be raised, showing how stress, anxiety and psychological distress are present in the life of these workers. Finally, in the fourth chapter, situations like poor performance, evasion, drug abuse and isolation of the seafarers are social disorders experienced by them.