Self-Reported Coping Strategies for Managing Work-Related Stress among Public Safety Personnel

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作者
Anderson, Gregory S. [1 ]
Ricciardelli, Rosemary [2 ]
Tam-Seto, Linna [3 ]
Giwa, Sulaimon [4 ]
Carleton, R. Nicholas [5 ]
机构
[1] Thompson Rivers Univ, Fac Sci, Kamloops, BC V2C 0C8, Canada
[2] Mem Univ Newfoundland, Dept Sociol, St John, NF A1C 5S7, Canada
[3] McMaster Univ, Dept Psychiat & Behav Neurosci, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L6, Canada
[4] Mem Univ Newfoundland, Sch Social Work, St John, NF A1C 5S7, Canada
[5] Univ Regina, Dept Psychol, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, Canada
基金
加拿大健康研究院;
关键词
coping; public safety personnel; stress; mental health; injury; MENTAL-HEALTH; 1ST RESPONDERS; SERVICES; RESILIENCE; RECOVERY; FIREFIGHTERS; DISORDER; PROGRAM; EVENTS; TRAUMA;
D O I
10.3390/ijerph19042355
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Public safety personnel (PSP) experience a disproportionately high number of on-the-job stressors compared to the general population. PSP develop self-initiated actions, or coping strategies, that either confront the situation (approach strategies) or avoid the situation (avoidance strategies) to reduce the impact of stressors on their well-being. Understanding how PSP cope with stress is critical to ensuring their safety and that of the public. In the current study, we examined the coping strategies of PSP (n = 828 in the total sample). Participants managed their experiences of occupational stress or distress using three primary approach coping strategies: education (learning about mental illness and their causes), self-reliance (processes of self-reflection), and treatment (pharmaceutical, psychotherapy) that were considered adaptive. Results demonstrate PSP used multiple coping strategies simultaneously to deal with occupational stress. PSP who reported doing better tended to attribute their success to treatment, specifically psychotherapy, either alone or in combination with other interventions, and almost always emphasizing important supports from co-workers, families, and friends. Changing workplace culture could help to de-pathologize the effects of stress reactions being perceived as individual "failings".
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