Professional firefighters: Findings from the National Wellness Survey for Public Safety Personnel.

IF 1.9 3区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Psychological Services Pub Date : 2024-08-29 DOI:10.1037/ser0000900

Imani T S Gibbs, Michael L Bourke, Vincent B Van Hasselt, Ryan A Black

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Professional firefighters are routinely exposed to occupational stressors that place them at a higher risk of developing mental health symptoms, including anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress. This article discusses findings of the National Wellness Survey for Public Safety Personnel, specifically the stressors that professional firefighters are exposed to on the job and their impact. Results indicated high levels of both occupational and individual stressors in this group. Common occupational and personal stressors and mental health symptomology endorsed by professional firefighters are discussed. Findings also revealed that about 40% of professional firefighters are facing clinically substantial levels of anxiety and depression, and more than 10% are experiencing clinically significant levels of posttraumatic stress disorder in numbers surpassing the general population. Most professional firefighters indicated being adversely impacted by their duties but did not want to utilize services, which is in line with prior research. Suggestions for assisting professional firefighters in mitigating occupational and personal stress are presented, and proposals for future research are provided. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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职业消防员：全国公共安全人员健康调查的结果。

职业消防员经常面临职业压力，这些压力使他们出现心理健康症状（包括焦虑、抑郁和创伤后应激反应）的风险更高。本文讨论了全国公共安全人员健康调查的结果，特别是职业消防员在工作中面临的压力及其影响。结果表明，该群体的职业和个人压力都很大。本文讨论了职业消防员常见的职业和个人压力以及他们认可的心理健康症状。研究结果还显示，约 40% 的职业消防员在临床上面临严重的焦虑和抑郁，10% 以上的职业消防员在临床上患有严重的创伤后应激障碍，其人数超过了普通人群。大多数职业消防员表示，他们的职责对他们产生了不利影响，但他们并不想利用相关服务，这与之前的研究结果一致。本文提出了帮助职业消防员减轻职业和个人压力的建议，并对未来的研究提出了建议。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。

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Psychological Services PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

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4.20

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13.00%

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216

期刊介绍： Psychological Services publishes high-quality data-based articles on the broad range of psychological services. While the Division"s focus is on psychologists in "public service," usually defined as being employed by a governmental agency, Psychological Services covers the full range of psychological services provided in any service delivery setting. Psychological Services encourages submission of papers that focus on broad issues related to psychotherapy outcomes, evaluations of psychological service programs and systems, and public policy analyses.