Association between resiliency and posttraumatic growth in firefighters: The role of stress appraisal

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 40-48

  Ogińska Bulik, Nina ^a   Kobylarczyk, Magdalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Firefighters; Positive changes; Posttraumatic growth; Resiliency; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDIATOR; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROLE STRESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; FIREFIGHTERS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLAND; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84964054325     PISSN: 10803548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2015.1109372     Document Type: Article

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