Social Support and Network Conflict in Firefighters and Paramedics

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• Personal Author:
  Beaton RD ; Corneil W ; Murphy SA ; Pike KC
• Description:
  The relationship(s) between self-rated social support network conflict (both at work and off-work) and self-report measures of occupational stressors, job satisfaction, and health outcomes were examined in samples of currently employed professional firefighters (n = 1,730) and paramedics (n = 253). In both samples, perceived social support and network conflict at work were more strongly correlated with job satisfaction and work morale, as well as a measure of their appraised occupational stressors, than with their comparable home (off-work) satisfaction/conflict ratings. The path analysis generated suggested that, with only one exception, social support and relational conflict in the combined respondent sample could be conceptualized as direct sources of stress influencing the respondents' appraisal of their occupational stressors. The path model further suggested that firefighter/paramedics' appraisal of their occupational stressors mediated the network variables' influences on self-reported job dissatisfaction and stress symptom health outcome measures. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emergencies Emergency Responders Firefighters Fires Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Emergency Responders Emergency Response Fire Fighters Fire Fighting Health Care Health Care Personnel Job Analysis Models Occupational Health Paramedical Services Sampling Sampling Methods

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• ISSN:
  0193-9459
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  297-313
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031023
• Citation:
  West J Nurs Res 1997 Jun; 19(3):297-313
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington, School of Nursing, Seattle, Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19940930
• Source Full Name:
  Western Journal of Nursing Research
• End Date:
  19990929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3c3f6c11febdd279d6de33a62016eb7639b511ce496df88f068f9ab5c400e77df4c54b863916c4e52aa3dbbf120ab3276e20da795e1dafe77fa1b780cc9bc896
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191418/cdc_191418_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.56 MB ]