The impact of COVID-19 on first responders' resilience and attachment

Carbajal, Jose; Ponder, Warren N.; Whitworth, James; Schuman, Donna L.; Galusha, Jeanine M.

doi:10.1080/10911359.2021.1962777

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“…Despite becoming a global pandemic, it was necessary to readapt the procedures at the level of national, municipal, and local relief, all due to the transmissibility of this disease. The firefighters who have been on the frontline since the beginning of this pandemic were faced with the adoption of an effective and correct respiratory etiquette to prevent infection and possibly combat the spread of this disease that caused not only a psychological impact on these professionals, but also on the families and citizens who suffered a worsening condition at the socioeconomic level (Carbajal et al 2021).…”

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Portuguese Volunteer Firefighters in the Context of the Challenges Posed by the COVID-19 Pandemic

2022

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The COVID-19 pandemic is producing not only epidemiological consequences on a global scale, but also political, economic, and social repercussions. The health care professionals that have been on the front lines fighting the pandemic need the support and assistance of other organizations to meet the many daily challenges. Volunteer firefighters stand out for their outreach approach and implementation of the Human2Human paradigm that has enabled them to meet the needs of the most vulnerable population that have been hit the hardest by the pandemic. This study adopts an ethnographic-action method considering Portuguese volunteer firefighters to explore the characteristics and relevance of these initiatives in areas such as combating isolation, medical assistance, containing the spread of COVID-19, and promoting public–private partnerships. The findings reveal that factors associated with altruism are central elements in the emergence of these initiatives, although some locally or nationally coordinated initiatives have been replicated in other contexts. It is also noteworthy that volunteer firefighters also present initiatives that can be fit into more than one category.

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Portuguese Volunteer Firefighters in the Context of the Challenges Posed by the COVID-19 Pandemic

2022

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“…Experts have established that some occupations are associated with higher suicide rates, particularly those characterized by elevated levels of job stress and increased access to lethal means (eg, military and law enforcement 1 ). Law enforcement officers (LEOs) routinely experience occupational exposure to potentially traumatic events, 2 recently amplified by increased stressors due to the COVID-19 pandemic 3 . Research has demonstrated that exposure to such events adversely impact LEOs' mental health 4–6 and can lead to the most tragic mental health outcome—suicide 7 .…”

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“…Law enforcement officers (LEOs) routinely experience occupational exposure to potentially traumatic events, 2 recently amplified by increased stressors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 3 Research has demonstrated that exposure to such events adversely impact LEOs' mental health [4][5][6] and can lead to the most tragic mental health outcome-suicide. 7 LEOs die by suicide at higher rates than the general US adult population.…”

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Differences in Suicidality in Non–Treatment-Seeking and Treatment-Seeking Law Enforcement Officers

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Beauchamp

Schuman

et al. 2022

J Occup Environ Med

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“…This study will survey the scholarship of the pandemic through advanced statistical analyses focusing on network analysis (Ebrahimi et al, 2021;Lass et al, 2020;Martín-Brufau et al, 2020;Skjerdingstad et al, 2021;Vos et al, 2021;Wang et al, 2020;Williamson et al, 2021;Yu & Mahendran, 2021). Next, we will review the literature of different approaches from emotional (negative affect), attachment, and resilience theoretical frameworks, as a growing body of literature is burgeoning (Carbajal et al, 2021;Byllesby et al, 2016;Greene et al, 2020;Mikulincer & Shaver, 2016;Moccia et al, 2020;Ponder et al, 2023;Price & van Stolk-Cooke, 2015;Seligowski et al, 2016). We will then further explore the impact, if any, the pandemic has had on frontline workers and veteran communities, exposing a gap in the literature.…”

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“…More recently, in a treatment-seeking sample of US veterans diagnosed with PTSD, 43% had comorbid depression, and 12.5% were diagnosed with a generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) (Knowles et al, 2019). Attachment, resilience, and negative affect are three theoretical frameworks that can help conceptualize and possibly treat the co-occurrence of depression, generalized anxiety, and PTSD (Byllesby et al, 2016;Carbajal et al, 2021;Greene et al, 2020;Mikulincer & Shaver, 2016;Moccia et al, 2020;Price & van Stolk-Cooke, 2015;Seligowski et al, 2016).…”

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Veterans’ Resilience, Attachment, and Negative Affect

Mallory

Ponder²,

Sherrill³

et al. 2022

Journal of Veterans Studies

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On March 13, 2020, the US issued an emergency declaration in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, necessitating increased domestic engagement of the military to mount the national public health response. The US military's increased domestic health response to the COVID-19 pandemic, combined with the effects of its involvement in a 20-year war exacerbated by recent tensions around America's exit from Afghanistan, has led to increased stress on our already overburdened forces. This study compares baseline data from a treatment-seeking veteran sample before the onset of COVID-19 (n = 119) to veterans who sought counseling services during the pandemic (n = 100). We used six standardized mental health measures that assess attachment avoidance, attachment anxiety, resilience, depression, generalized anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and suicidality. Independent samples t-tests revealed that depression, generalized anxiety, and PTSD significantly decreased from before the pandemic to after its onset. However, the strength of the correlations between all six measures increased. We interpret the findings through an attachment and resiliency framework. We also explore the role of negative affect that might underlie depression, generalized anxiety, and PTSD. Lastly, we review and discuss a transdiagnostic approach to the therapeutic process, accounting for the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The impact of COVID-19 on first responders' resilience and attachment

Cited by 19 publications

References 51 publications

Portuguese Volunteer Firefighters in the Context of the Challenges Posed by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Portuguese Volunteer Firefighters in the Context of the Challenges Posed by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Differences in Suicidality in Non–Treatment-Seeking and Treatment-Seeking Law Enforcement Officers

The Impact of COVID-19 on Veterans’ Resilience, Attachment, and Negative Affect

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