Characteristics of the traumatic stressors experienced by rural first responders
| Autor: | Shannon L. Wagner, Henry G. Harder, William J. Koch, Klint Fung, Lynn E. Alden, Marci J. Regambal, Carly A. Parsons |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male Emergency Medical Services medicine.medical_specialty Traumatic stressor Dissociative Disorders Rural Health behavioral disciplines and activities Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic Surveys and Questionnaires Prevalence medicine Humans Psychiatry British Columbia Posttraumatic cognitions Stressor Emergency Responders Traumatic stress Cognition Occupational Diseases Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Posttraumatic stress Peritraumatic dissociation Female Factor Analysis Statistical Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 34:86-93 |
| ISSN: | 0887-6185 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.janxdis.2015.06.006 |
| Popis: | First responders routinely experience work-related events that meet the definition of a traumatic stressor. Despite the high exposure to traumatic events, prevalence rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are relatively low. This discrepancy points to the potential value of identifying factors that distinguish those traumatic stressors that produce ongoing traumatic stress symptoms from those that do not. The present study surveyed 181 first responders from rural settings. A repeated-measures design was used to compare characteristics of traumatic stressors that were or were not associated with ongoing PTSD symptoms. A factor analysis revealed that distressing events were characterized by chaos and resource limitations. Consistent with contemporary models, two mediational analyses revealed that each event characteristic predicted peritraumatic dissociation and posttraumatic cognitions, which in turn predicted PTSD symptoms. Moreover, the effect of each event characteristic on PTSD symptoms was partially mediated by these cognitive processes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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