ArticlePsychiatry research2018
Occupational stress and suicidality among firefighters: Examining the buffering role of distress tolerance.
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- Health outcomes of psychosocial stress within firefighters: A systematic review of the research landscape.Journal of occupational health · 2021Pooled it
- Distress Tolerance and Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors: A systematic review and commentary on methodological challenges.Clinical psychology : a publication of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association · 2026Article
- Prevalence of suicidal ideation, suicide plan, and suicide attempt among firefighters: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2026Review
- Religious belief in a sample of trauma-exposed firefighters: Mitigating occupational stress and enhancing posttraumatic growth.Psychological services · 2025Article
- Exploring Immersive Multimodal Virtual Reality Training, Affective States, and Ecological Validity in Healthy Firefighters: Quasi-Experimental Study.JMIR serious games · 2024Article
- A Comparison of Suicides in Public Safety Personnel With Suicides in the General Population in Ontario, 2014 to 2018.Crisis · 2024Article
- The Cyclical Battle of Insomnia and Mental Health Impairment in Firefighters: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Reduce stress and the risk of burnout by using yoga techniques. Pilot study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- The mediating effect of distress tolerance on the relationship between stressful life events and suicide risk in patients with major depressive disorder.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Career versus volunteer firefighters: Differences in perceived availability and barriers to behavioral health care.Psychological services · 2022Article
- Association of emotion reactivity and distress intolerance with suicide attempts in U.S. Army soldiers.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2022Article
- Suicide Among the Emergency Medical Systems Occupation in the United States.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2021Article
- A qualitative study to assess perceptions, barriers, and motivators supporting smokeless tobacco cessation in the US fire service.PloS one · 2021Article
- Effects of Occupational Radiation Exposure on Job Stress and Job Burnout of Medical Staff in Xinjiang, China: A Cross-Sectional Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2020Article
- Occupational stressors among firefighters: application of multi-criteria decision making (MCDM)Techniques.Heliyon · 2020Article
- Factors Influencing the Mental Health of Firefighters in Shantou City, China.Psychology research and behavior management · 2020Article
- Prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation in Korean firefighters: a nationwide study.BMC psychiatry · 2019Article
- Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and mindfulness facets in relation to suicide risk among firefighters.Journal of clinical psychology · 2019Article
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Abstract
Past research indicates that firefighters are at increased risk for suicide. Firefighter-specific occupational stress may contribute to elevated suicidality. Among a large sample of firefighters, this study examined if occupational stress is associated with multiple indicators of suicide risk, and whether distress tolerance, the perceived and/or actual ability to endure negative emotional or physical states, attenuates these associations. A total of 831 firefighters participated (mean [SD] age = 38.37y[8.53y]; 94.5% male; 75.2% White). The Sources of Occupational Stress-14 (SOOS-14), Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS), and Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R) were utilized to examine firefighter-specific occupational stress, distress tolerance, and suicidality, respectively. Consistent with predictions, occupational stress interacted with distress tolerance, such that the effects of occupational stress on suicide risk, broadly, as well as lifetime suicide threats and current suicidal intent, specifically, were attenuated at high levels of distress tolerance. Distress tolerance may buffer the effects of occupational stress on suicidality among firefighters. Pending replication, findings suggest that distress tolerance may be a viable target for suicide prevention initiatives within the fire service.
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