The Big Five Personality Traits and French Firefighter Burnout

Vaulerin, Jérôme; Colson, Serge S.; Emile, Mélanie; Scoffier-Mériaux, Stéphanie; d’Arripe-Longueville, Fabienne

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“…Firefighting is one of the highest risk professions in which repetitive exposure to traumatic experiences may lead to serious psychological consequences [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17]. Current studies indicate that the specific stress and workload of professional firefighters increases the risk of mental health symptoms [1], post-traumatic stress disorder [2,3], burnout [4,5,6,7,8], depression [9], and suicidality [10,11,12].…”

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“…Current studies indicate that the specific stress and workload of professional firefighters increases the risk of mental health symptoms [1], post-traumatic stress disorder [2,3], burnout [4,5,6,7,8], depression [9], and suicidality [10,11,12]. In this context, researchers accentuate the role of individual characteristics that may influence the potential consequences of experienced stress [10,13,14,15,16,17].…”

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Self-Efficacy as a Moderator between Stress and Professional Burnout in Firefighters

Makara‐Studzińska

Golonka

Izydorczyk

2019

IJERPH

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The purpose of the study is to analyze the importance of individual resources in firefighting, one of the highest risk professions. Firefighters from 12 different Polish provinces (N = 580; men; M (mean age) = 35.26 year, SD = 6.74) were analyzed regarding the perceived stress at work, burnout, self-efficacy, and a broad range of sociodemographic variables. The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), the Link Burnout Questionnaire (LBQ), and the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) were used in the study. To explore the relationships between work-related stress, burnout, and self-efficacy, separate regression models for each burnout dimension were analyzed. The results revealed that self-efficacy is a significant moderator that changes the direction and strength of the relationships between perceived stress and psychophysical exhaustion, sense of professional inefficacy, and disillusion. However, self-efficacy did not moderate the relationship between stress and lack of engagement in relationships (relationship deterioration). The results indicate that self-efficacy in firefighters is a crucial personal resource that buffers the impact of perceived stress on most burnout symptoms. It may be concluded that in high risk professions, special attention should be paid to developing self-efficacy as an important part of burnout prevention programs, pro-health activities, and psychoeducation.

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Self-Efficacy as a Moderator between Stress and Professional Burnout in Firefighters

Makara‐Studzińska

Golonka

Izydorczyk

2019

IJERPH

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“…Available literature on burnout in firefighters concludes that job demands and work control may be associated with burnout, and the age of a firefighter may be associated with emotional exhaustion [1]. Some time later a study in American firefighters showed that work-family conflict may also provoke burnout [2], whereas another study added that neuroticism out of five selected personality traits had a positive correlation with firefighters’ burnout [3]. Such weariness at work will not only decrease professional efficacy, but may be associated with elevated injury rates [4], and given high physical activity level in this population, may lead to significant absenteeism.…”

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Age and work duration do not predict burnout in firefighters

Vinnikov

Tulekov

Akylzhanov³

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BMC Public Health

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BackgroundThe aim of this study was to ascertain the prevalence of burnout in Kazakhstan firefighters with regard to position and to identify predictors of faster burnout in order to plan future preventive strategies.MethodsData on demographics, lifestyle, fatigue (Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS)), SF-8 health-related quality of life (HRQL) and Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) emotional exhaustion (EX), cynicism (CY) and professional efficacy (PE) were obtained from 604 (94% men, median age 27 (interquartile range (IQR) 12) years) firefighters from all 18 fire departments of the city of Almaty. Associations between predictors and burnout EX, CY and PE dimensions were tested using multivariate logistic regression analyses.ResultsBurnout scores were low in this sample, including EX (0.6; IQR 1.55), CY (1.2; IQR 1.8) and PE (4.8; IQR 2.4). The highest median EX score (1.5 (IQR 2.0)) was in managers as opposed to the lowest in drivers (0.4 (IQR 1.4)), (p < 0.01). The greatest CY difference was between managers (2.1 (IQR 2.2)) and trainees (0.4 (IQR 1.1)) (p < 0.001). Age, work duration, education or fatigue were not associated with EX or CY in adjusted models. Better HRQL predicted lower EX and CY burnout, whereas alcohol never-use and language barrier predicted high CY. Male sex and no university degree predicted high PE burnout.ConclusionsFirefighting managers are at risk for higher burnout, irrespective of age and work duration, and the targeted intervention to combat burnout should include better uniform, mitigation of language barrier, general health improvement and less alcohol.

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“…Grundy na podstawie badań do rozprawy doktorskiej ustaliła, iż neurotyczność wpływa na poziom wypalenia zawodowego w grupie 142 strażaków z USA. Zgodnie z uzyskanymi w pracy wynikami neurotyczność wyjaśnia 9% wariancji depersonalizacji, 21% wyczerpania emocjonalnego oraz 7% poczucia osiągnięć osobistych [19]. W opinii greckich badaczy V. Yotsidi i wsp.…”

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Personality and socio-demographic correlates of proffesional burnout in a group of firemen from the Lublin Province

Madej¹

2020

Med Og Nauk Zdr.

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Wprowadzenie. Praca funkcjonariuszy straży pożarnej cechuje się wieloma niebezpieczeństwami. Wśród nich wymienia się działania akcyjne, mogące niejednokrotnie wpływać negatywnie na zdrowie, a nawet stanowić zagrożenia życia. Częste narażenie na wydarzenia obciążające emocjonalnie może prowadzić m.in. do wystąpienia symptomów wypalenia zawodowego. Cel pracy. Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie związku między cechami osobowości, poczuciem własnej skuteczności i poziomem stresu a składowymi wypalenia zawodowego w grupie funkcjonariuszy straży pożarnej z terenu województwa lubelskiego. Materiał i metody. W badaniu udział wzięło 120 strażaków w wieku 22-52 lata, pracujących w Biłgoraju i w Zamościu. Narzędzia badawcze stanowiły: ankieta socjodemograficzna własnego autorstwa, Skala Uogólnionej Własnej Skuteczności GSES, Skala Odczuwanego Stresu PSS-10, Inwentarz Osobowości NEO-FFI, Kwestionariusz Wypalenia Zawodowego Maslach MBI. Wyniki. Analizy badań własnych potwierdziły istnienie związku między cechami osobowości, poziomem odczuwanego stresu i poczuciem własnej skuteczności a składowymi wypalenia zawodowego w grupie badanych funkcjonariuszy straży pożarnej. Wzrost poziomu sumienności warunkuje wzrost poczucia dokonań osobistych. Stres osiągnął istotność statystyczną jako predyktor wyczerpania emocjonalnego i depersonalizacji. Wraz z polepszeniem się sytuacji finansowej oraz jakości współpracy pomiędzy badanymi a przełożonymi/ kolegami z pracy rośnie poczucie skuteczności własnej oraz poziom osobistych dokonań. Wraz z ich pogorszeniem następuje podniesienie poziomu wyczerpania emocjonalnego. Wnioski. Czynnikami chroniącymi strażaków przed wypaleniem zawodowym są współpraca z przełożonym/ współpracownikami, posiadanie hobby, wysokość uzyskiwanego wynagrodzenia oraz stopień zadowolenia z wykonywanej pracy. Ważne jest również zwiększenie świadomości strażaków odnośnie do możliwości korzystania z pomocy psychologicznej.

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The Big Five Personality Traits and French Firefighter Burnout

Abstract: Three of the Big Five personality traits, neuroticism, conscientiousness and openness to experience, and achievement goals, may be important factors in understanding and preventing firefighter burnout.

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Self-Efficacy as a Moderator between Stress and Professional Burnout in Firefighters

Self-Efficacy as a Moderator between Stress and Professional Burnout in Firefighters

Age and work duration do not predict burnout in firefighters

Personality and socio-demographic correlates of proffesional burnout in a group of firemen from the Lublin Province

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