Firefighters, Critical Incidents, and Drinking to Cope: The Adequacy of Unit-Level Performance Resources as a Source of Vulnerability and Protection

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 155-169

  Bacharach, Samuel B ^a   Bamberger, Peter A ^a,b   Doveh, Etti ^b  

^a and History

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

first responders; performance resources; problem drinking; stress; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FIRE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FIRES; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WORKLOAD;

EID: 38949137387     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.93.1.155     Document Type: Article

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