Mindfulness is associated with fewer PTSD symptoms, depressive symptoms, physical symptoms, and alcohol problems in urban firefighters
| Autor: | Michael Lewis Bernard, Kathryn T. Wiggins, Bruce W. Smith, Elizabeth A. Yeater, J. Alexis Ortiz, Erin M. Tooley, John D. Montoya, Laurie E. Steffen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Coping (psychology) Mindfulness Urban Population media_common.quotation_subject Alcohol abuse Workload Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic Social support Optimism medicine Humans Attention Big Five personality traits Psychiatry Depressive symptoms media_common Depression Social Support Awareness Resilience Psychological medicine.disease Alcoholism Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Firefighters Psychological resilience Psychology Stress Psychological Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 79:613-617 |
| ISSN: | 1939-2117 0022-006X |
| Popis: | Objective This study investigated the association between mindfulness, other resilience resources, and several measures of health in 124 urban firefighters. Method Participants completed health measures of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, depressive symptoms, physical symptoms, and alcohol problems and measures of resilience resources including mindfulness, optimism, personal mastery, and social support. The Mindful Awareness and Attention Scale (MAAS; Brown & Ryan, 2003) was used to assess mindfulness. Participants also completed measures of firefighter stress, number of calls, and years as a firefighter as control variables. Hierarchical multiple regressions were conducted with the health measures as the dependent variables with 3 levels of independent variables: (a) demographic characteristics, (b) firefighter variables, and (c) resilience resources. Results The results showed that mindfulness was associated with fewer PTSD symptoms, depressive symptoms, physical symptoms, and alcohol problems when controlling for the other study variables. Personal mastery and social support were also related to fewer depressive symptoms, firefighter stress was related to more PTSD symptoms and alcohol problems, and years as a firefighter were related to fewer alcohol problems. Conclusions Mindfulness may be important to consider and include in models of stress, coping, and resilience in firefighters. Future studies should examine the prospective relationship between mindfulness and health in firefighters and others in high-stress occupations. |
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