Resilience as a mediator in emotional social support's relationship with occupational psychology health in firefighters

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1778-1786

  Bernabé, Miguel ^a   Botia, José Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^b Provincial Fire Service of Alicante   (Spain)

Author keywords

burnout; emotional social support; engagement; firefighters; resilience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BURNOUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FIREFIGHTERS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84979902019     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105314566258     Document Type: Article

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