Predictors of postevent distress and growth among firefighters after work-related emergencies-A cross-national study

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 203-211

  Kehl, Doris ^a   Knuth, Daniela ^a   Hulse, Lynn ^b   Schmidt, Silke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cross national comparisons; distress; firefighter; posttraumatic growth; stress symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMERGENCY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FIRE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TURKEY;

ADULT; CULTURE; EMERGENCIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; FIREFIGHTERS; FIRES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TURKEY;

EID: 84929261888     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037954     Document Type: Article

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