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

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Saccinto); in undertaking this work and in allowing the project findings to be published.The manuscript has not been published elsewhere and it has not been submitted simultaneously for publication else-where. DISTRESS AND GROWTH AMONG FIREFIGHTERS 4Predictors of post-event distress and growth among firefighters after work-related emergencies -a cross-national study Abstract (172 words) Firefighters may experience posttraumatic stress symptomatology (i.e. post-event distress) as a consequence of exposure to work-related distressing incidents. However, positive psychological changes (i.e. post-event growth) should also be taken into account. The aim of this cross-national study was to investigate both post-event distress and growth in firefighters following distressing incidents. A sample of 1916 firefighters from eight predominantly European countries recalled a work-related distressing incident. Two hierarchical regression analyses were run to reveal predictors of post-event distress and growth, respectively.Predictors included person pre-event characteristics, objective (e.g. type of incident, time since incident, fatalities) and subjective (e.g. perceived life-threat, peri-event distress, most distressing aspect) incident features, and the participant's country. Post-event distress was measured by the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) and growth by the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory-Short Form (PTGI-SF). The final models explained 29% of the variation in post-event distress and 26% in growth. Post-event distress and growth were predicted by different variables. Country differences were found after controlling for all other variables.Further research is needed to explain these differences.

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“…O tipo de vínculo de emprego (profissionais vs. voluntários) foi analisado em um único inquérito (Kehl et al, 2015). Os autores investigaram se bombeiros profissionais diferiam de voluntários em relação aos escores no ICPT.…”

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