Emergency workers' quality of life: The protective role of sense of community, efficacy beliefs and coping strategies

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 449-463

  Cicognani, Elvira ^a   Pietrantoni, Luca ^a   Palestini, Luigi ^a   Prati, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collective efficacy; Coping; Emergency workers; Quality of life; Self efficacy; Sense of community

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 70849101665     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-009-9441-x     Document Type: Article

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