The Impact of Intolerance of Uncertainty and Anxiety Sensitivity on Mental Health Among Public Safety Personnel: When the Uncertain is Unavoidable.
Anxiety sensitivity
Intolerance of uncertainty
Mental health
Public safety personnel
Transdiagnostic
Journal
Cognitive therapy and research
ISSN: 0147-5916
Titre abrégé: Cognit Ther Res
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7707273
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
entrez:
28
8
2020
pubmed:
28
8
2020
medline:
28
8
2020
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ppublish
Résumé
Public safety personnel (PSP; e.g., correctional workers and officers, firefighters, paramedics, police officers, public safety communications officials) are regularly exposed to potentially traumatic events and considerable uncertainty as part of their employment. Canadian PSP screen positively for mental disorders at much higher rates than the general population. Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) and anxiety sensitivity (AS) are empirically-supported vulnerability factors associated with the development and maintenance of mental disorders. The present study was designed to assess IU and AS across PSP-a population regularly encountering uncertainty-with and without mental disorders ( There were significant differences across groups on IU and AS scores ( Increased resilience or the development of coping skills to manage regular exposures to uncertain threat may help explain why PSP reported low levels of IU and AS despite higher prevalence of mental disorders. Implications for PSP training and treatment are discussed.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Public safety personnel (PSP; e.g., correctional workers and officers, firefighters, paramedics, police officers, public safety communications officials) are regularly exposed to potentially traumatic events and considerable uncertainty as part of their employment. Canadian PSP screen positively for mental disorders at much higher rates than the general population. Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) and anxiety sensitivity (AS) are empirically-supported vulnerability factors associated with the development and maintenance of mental disorders.
METHODS
METHODS
The present study was designed to assess IU and AS across PSP-a population regularly encountering uncertainty-with and without mental disorders (
RESULTS
RESULTS
There were significant differences across groups on IU and AS scores (
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Increased resilience or the development of coping skills to manage regular exposures to uncertain threat may help explain why PSP reported low levels of IU and AS despite higher prevalence of mental disorders. Implications for PSP training and treatment are discussed.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32848288
doi: 10.1007/s10608-020-10107-2
pii: 10107
pmc: PMC7434797
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
919-930Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2020.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflicts of interestThe authors report no conflicts of interest.
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