Staff support in Haiti

Gray, Amber Elizabeth Lynn

doi:10.1097/wtf.0b013e3283412680

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“…Results revealed that exposed workers were experiencing somatic complaints, fatigue, and psychological distress after the 8.5 years of trauma. 9 Empirically, number of studies confirmed that rescue workers are more likely to develop physical illness, 10 post-traumatic stress disorder, 8 depression, and anxiety. 11 Thus, it is important to investigate those means which navigate rescue workers to use resources or assets related to individual, interpersonal, and environmental domains to reduce the stress and foster the adaptation in this high risk group.…”

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Relationship between psychological distress and resilience in rescue workers

Yasien

Nasir

Shaheen

2016

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Objectives:To assess the relationship between psychological distress and resilience in rescue workers. Following hypothesis was formulated; there would be negative correlation between psychological distress and resilience in rescue workers.Method:A correlational study was conducted from June-August 2015 in Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab, Pakistan. The sample of the present study consisted of 100 rescue workers. The age of the participants ranged from 23 to 40 year old with the mean age of 27.4±3.9 years. Demographic information form, Kessler psychological distress scale and adult resilience measure were administered on the participants to assess the level of psychological distress and resilience.Results:Pearson product moment coefficient of correlation was applied to analyze the relationship of psychological distress and resilience. Analysis of the result indicated that there is negative relationship between psychological distress and resilience (r= -0.203, p<0.01) in rescue workers. Further, contextual factors (r= -0.292, p<0.05) and its subcomponents including spiritual beliefs (r= -0.239, p<0.05) and cultural resources (r= -0.287, p<0.01) were also found to be inversely correlated with psychological distress.Conclusion:The research evidenced that rescue workers were experiencing psychological distress Resilience factors should be considered while designing trainings to preserve mental health and to enhance the psychological well-being of rescue workers.

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Relationship between psychological distress and resilience in rescue workers

Yasien

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Shaheen

2016

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“…While children, women, the elderly, the displaced and those with disability are thought to be at increased risk, there seems to be and over representation of displaced persons and ex-combatants, including child soldiers. Over the past few years some papers on' sta¡ support' have been published (Curling and Simmons, 2010;Anonymous, 2010;Gray, 2010). On the other hand, there are few papers on survivors of sexual violence (Amone-P'Olak, 2005; Yohani and Hagen, 2010;Van Mierlo, 2012), and very little attention to gender as an analytical category.…”

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