Effects of Perception of Job Stress and Stress Coping Style on Mental Health of Firefighters.
10.12934/jkpmhn.2011.20.3.315
- Author:
Ho Jin LEE
1
;
Hee Sook KIM
;
Sang Yeon PARK
Author Information
1. Daegu Junggu Community Mental Health Center, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Firefighter;
Mental health;
Job stress;
Coping
- MeSH:
Firefighters*;
Fires;
Humans;
Mental Health*;
Thinking
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
2011;20(3):315-324
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was conducted to identify factors which influence mental health of firefighters. METHODS: Participants in this study were firefighters from D city who were doing activities like extinguishing fire or rescuing sufferer at fire or accident scenes. A survey was conducted from September 14 to 24, 2010. Research tools were perception of job stress, problems-focused coping, seeking social support, emotion-focused coping, and wishful thinking coping which are sub-domain of coping stress, and SCL-90-R. Data were analyzed using SPSS/WIN 14.0, and included t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Scheffe back-testing. Pearson's correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression were also conducted to identify factors influencing mental health. RESULTS: Mental health was positively correlated with perception of job stress, emotion-focused coping, and wishful thinking coping. Effective variables were perception of job stress (beta=.38, p<.001), emotion-focused coping (beta=.28, p<.001), and problemfocused coping (beta=-.15, p=.012). These variables explained 26% of the variance in mental health. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that improvements in problem-focused coping and decreases in perception of job stress and emotion-focused coping are important in promoting the mental health of firefighters.
