Coping Responses and Posttraumatic Stress Symptomatology in Urban Fire Service Personnel

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• Personal Author:
  Beaton R ; Corneil W ; Johnson C ; Murphy S ; Pike K
• Description:
  Emergency workers, including urban fire fighters and paramedics, must cope with a variety of duty-related stressors including traumatic incident exposures. Little is known about coping responses of emergency workers or whether their coping responses predict future mental health outcomes. The previously formulated Coping Responses of Rescue Workers Inventory (CRRWI) underwent a principal components analysis employing a sample (N = 220) of urban fire fighters and paramedics. Six empirically and theoretically distinct CRRWI components were identified which were relatively stable over a 6-month period. Scores on one of the CRRWI scales, but neither years of service nor their past half year's traumatic incident exposures, predicted future changes in self-reports of posttraumatic stress symptomatology. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emergencies Emergency Responders Firefighters Fires Hazardous Substances Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Emergency Responders Emergency Response Fire Fighters Fire Fighting Fire Hazards Hazardous Materials Humans Injuries Occupational Exposure Occupational Hazards Paramedical Services Risk Factors Sampling Stress Traumatic Injuries

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• ISSN:
  0894-9867
• 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:
  293-308
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024537
• Citation:
  J Trauma Stress 1999 Apr; 12(2):293-308
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington, School of Nursing, Seattle, Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19940930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Traumatic Stress
• End Date:
  19990929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f430aac588028c0b8431d690787bb09d3385da8dce496c6cc4f7dcaa85d22862669756b176f91809b7c4df8adb20a5a99ca35f5ab5c441e49c34d75efde4f9da
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196299/cdc_196299_DS1.pdf
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