The association between peritraumatic dissociation and acute stress reactions among rescue personnel 36–48h after a gas pipe explosion in Tel‐Aviv: a preliminary report

Ben–Ezra, Menachem; Essar, Nir; Saar, Ronen

doi:10.1002/smi.1100

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“…Traumatic grief is associated with PTSD symptoms (Pfefferbaum et al, ). The mediation role of peritraumatic response between traumatic exposure and traumatic grief can may be explained by the perception of a threat to the life of family members, which increases the traumatic impact of the event (Vaiva et al, ; Birmes et al, ; Ben‐Ezra, Essar & Saar, ; Ben‐Ezra, Palgi & Essar, ; Birmes et al, ; Allenou et al, 2010; Bui et al, ). Stroebe et al () pointed out that a high level of distress in the first moments of grief was correlated with psychiatric complications of the grief.…”

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Traumatic Grief and Traumatic Stress in Survivors 12 Years after the Genocide in Rwanda

Mutabaruka

Séjourné

Bui³

et al. 2011

Stress and Health

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The relationship between exposure to traumatic events and traumatic grief and the role of mediating and moderating variables [peritraumatic distress, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and symptoms of depression] were studied in survivors of the genocide of Batutsi in Rwanda in 1994. One hundred and two survivors (70 women, mean age 45 ± 7.53 years) participated in this retrospective study. All of them had lost a member of their family. The severity of traumatic exposure (Comprehensive Trauma Inventory), peritraumatic distress (Peritraumatic Distress Inventory), current PTSD symptoms (PTSD Checklist), depressive symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory) and traumatic grief symptoms (Inventory of Traumatic Grief) was evaluated. A hierarchical multiple regression analysis was then conducted to examine the relative contribution of each variable to the symptoms of traumatic grief. The severity of traumatic exposure was related to traumatic grief symptoms (B=0.06, R=0.6, R(2) =0.36 and ß=0.6, t=7.54, p=0.00). The Baron and Kenny procedure (1986) (including three separate regressions), along with the Sobel test, was used to test mediation effects. Peritraumatic distress and PTSD symptoms may be mediating variables between traumatic exposure and traumatic grief. Traumatic grief is a complex but assessable entity, where previous distress and suffering result from both psychological trauma and the loss of a loved one.

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Traumatic Grief and Traumatic Stress in Survivors 12 Years after the Genocide in Rwanda

Mutabaruka

Séjourné

Bui³

et al. 2011

Stress and Health

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“…In addition, stress was also high among the participant, which is significant to the literature that suggested high stress level often seen among security guard [29]. Profession as security guard deal with a lot of stress due to the needs of the job, such as shift work [19][20], working pattern which followed the same pattern everyday [23], and most importantly, responsibility to ensure that the job is safely done while constantly being exposed to incident [17] [21]. In aggression, hostility was identified as the most common form of aggressive behavior among the security guards, follo wed by physical and verbal aggression.…”

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“…Workplaces for p rivate security guard range fro m a shopping mall, a co mpany build ing, school to private house and even a person. Security guard is one of the occupations with high risk to get involve in incident at work such as violence and crime, which consequently affect their well-being [17]. This is due to the needs to interact with various people during working [18] as well as working pattern which often follows shift working hour rather than fixed working hour [19][20].…”

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The Kind of Mental Health Problems and it Association with Aggressiveness: A Study on Security Guards

Asghari¹,

Mazlan²

2012

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Work-related violence has been recognized as an increasing occupational hazard in the recent years. The current study aims to identify the risk factors of mental health problems that contribute to work-related v iolence among security guard. A cross-sectional study was designed involving 445 security guards as the participants. Eight psychometric instruments were used to collect the data and the analyses were conducted using statistical applicat ion. The findings showed that presence of five subtypes of mental health problems were notable among the part icipants, considering that the population is not within psychiatric or prison settings. Two causes of mental health problems, childhood trauma experiences, and stress were found significantly related to the five subtypes of mental health problems among the participants. The five subtypes of mental health problems on the other hand were significantly related to aggression. In conclusion, stress and childhood traumas were identified as possible risk factors for mental health problems among security guard. On the other hand, mental health problems are the risk factors for aggressive acts and therefore, risk factors for workp lace vio lence among the security guard.

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“…The score was the sum of items (range = 0–88) ( Cronbach α = 0.933). This instrument is used commonly in Israel among rescue and hospital personnel 2, 3, 4, 21– 24 …”

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Correlations between Psychosocial Factors and Psychological Trauma Symptoms among Rescue Personnel

Soffer

Wolf

Ben–Ezra

2011

Prehosp. Disaster med.

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During large-scale, sudden-onset disasters, rescue personnel experience severe stress due to the brief window of opportunity for saving lives. Following the earthquake in Haiti, rescue personnel worked in Port-au-Prince under harsh conditions in order to save lives and extricate bodies. Reactions to this disaster among rescue personnel were examined using self-report questionnaires. Correlations between psychosocial factors and psychological trauma (dissociation and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms) were examined in a sample of 20 rescue personnel who worked in Haiti. The study indicated that negative affect and crisis of meaning were associated with higher levels of dissociative and PTSD symptoms. The results suggest that rescue personnel who are overwhelmed by the destruction and number of bodies being extricated may exhibit negative affect and loss of meaning along with dissociative and PTSD symptoms.

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The association between peritraumatic dissociation and acute stress reactions among rescue personnel 36–48h after a gas pipe explosion in Tel‐Aviv: a preliminary report

Cited by 10 publications

References 12 publications

Traumatic Grief and Traumatic Stress in Survivors 12 Years after the Genocide in Rwanda

Traumatic Grief and Traumatic Stress in Survivors 12 Years after the Genocide in Rwanda

The Kind of Mental Health Problems and it Association with Aggressiveness: A Study on Security Guards

Correlations between Psychosocial Factors and Psychological Trauma Symptoms among Rescue Personnel

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