ArticleYonsei medical journal2020
Does Emotional Labor Increase the Risk of Suicidal Ideation among Firefighters?
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- Prevalence of suicidal ideation, suicide plan, and suicide attempt among firefighters: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2026Review
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- Emotional Sensitivity and Work Performance in Lima Firefighters.Brain and behavior · 2025Article
- Emotional labor (KELS®11): scale development and validation in the Korean context.Annals of occupational and environmental medicine · 2025Article
- Association between high emotional demand at work, burnout symptoms, and sleep disturbance among Korean workers: a cross-sectional mediation analysis.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Trauma Exposure and Suicidal Ideation among Korean Male Firefighters: Examining the Moderating Roles of Organizational Climate.Safety and health at work · 2023Article
- Moderating Effects of Organizational Climate on the Relationship between Emotional Labor and Burnout among Korean Firefighters.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate whether emotional labor is associated with suicidal ideation in Korean firefighters. MATERIALS AND
methodsData were obtained from the Firefighter Research: Enhancement of Safety & Health (FRESH) Study, which was designed to investigate the effects of job characteristics on mental and physical health among Korean firefighters. A total of 18101 firefighters were chosen from a nationwide sample. The Korean Emotional Labor Scale (K-ELS) was used to evaluate exposure to emotional labor, which consisted of five sub-factors: emotional demand and regulation, overload and conflict in customer service, emotional disharmony and hurt, organizational surveillance and monitoring, and lack of a supportive and protective system in the organization.
resultsFirefighters who were in the risk group were more likely to experience suicidal ideation than those in the normal group for each of the five sub-scales of emotional labor. The estimated mean values for suicidal ideation in the risk group were significantly higher than those in the normal group: 1.667 (95% CI: 1.344-2.069) for emotional demand and regulation, 1.590 (95% CI: 1.243-2.033) for overload and conflict in customer service, 2.409 (95% CI: 1.954-2.969) for emotional disharmony and hurt, 2.214 (95% CI: 1.832-2.676) for organizational surveillance and monitoring, and 1.665 (95% CI: 1.387-1.999) for lack of a supportive and protective system in the organization.
conclusionThese results suggest that experience and exposure to chronic and excessive emotional labor might play a crucial role in the development of suicidal ideation among firefighters.
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