Stress-management strategies of firefighters : a fortigenic approach
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Authors
Koortzen, Pieter
Oosthuizen, Rudolf M.
Issue Date
2006-12
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Article
Language
en
Keywords
Stress management , Firefighters
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Abstract
Firefighters not only perform a firefighting function, but also render
emergency, fire prevention and rescue services, all of which are
inherently stressful. This research was undertaken to determine the
relationship between certain psychological strengths of firefighters and
the strategies they adopt to cope with stress. The measuring instruments
were applied to the entire sample, after which a stanine scale was
used to distinguish between individuals who achieved low and high
scores respectively with regard to psychological strengths. An interview,
based on the phenomenological paradigm, was conducted using five
firefighters from each of the low-scoring and high-scoring groups. An
analysis of the qualitative results indicates that firefighters with high
levels of psychological strengths cope differently with stress compared
with those with `weak' psychological strengths.
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Journal article
Citation
Oosthuizen, RM & Koortzen P. 2006, 'Stress-management strategies of firefighters : a fortigenic approach', South African Business Review, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 94 - 114.
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1561-8960