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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Public Safety Personnel"”.
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Exploring and Supporting Families of Public Safety Personnel: A HomeBase Study
Background: Public Safety Personnel (PSP) face occupational stressors such as exposure to potentially psychologically traumatic events (PPTE), shiftwork, and potentially emotionally suppressive workplace cultures. The occupational risks and requirements associated with public safety roles extend …
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Detailed item analyses of the Postraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5): Use in public safety personnel
Public safety personnel (PSP; e.g., correctional workers, firefighters, paramedics, police officers) are regularly exposed to diverse potentially psychologically traumatic events (PPTE). More frequent exposure to PPTE is associated with greater reporting of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) …
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Optimizing Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for public safety personnel: Qualitative insights from clients and stakeholders to guide program improvements
Public Safety Personnel (PSP) (e.g., EMS/paramedics, police officers) experience high rates of clinically significant symptoms of mental health disorders. The high rates have been explained by the extraordinary occupational stressors that PSP experience. There is a need for accessible treatment …
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Identification and Assessment of Adverse Occupational Health Risks Among Public Safety Personnel: A Biopsychosocial Investigation of Stress Biomarkers in Naturalistic Settings
… to adverse health and performance outcomes among public safety personnel (PSP). This dissertation builds upon prior research on the allostatic load (AL) model of stress and health, investigating PSP’s occupational stress, health, and performance in naturalistic settings from a biopsychosocial …
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The Psychological Vest: Trauma, Resiliency, and Posttraumatic Growth Among Police Officers
… high moral and ethical standards and intense public scrutiny. Given their level of trauma exposure and risk for traumatic and morally injurious distress, it is vital to better understand psychosocial factors which serve to increase risk or resilience, to shape a metaphoric psychological vest. …
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The Use of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-II (MMPI-2) in Pre-employment Evaluations
… and hiring processes of law enforcement and public safety personnel. Research in this area suggests that the MMPI-2 scales have been correlated with problematic behavior among police officers, poor job performance, and officer misconduct. This study examined the extent to which suitability …
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Android Phone Controlled Beagle Board Based PSCR in a Dynamic Spectrum Access Environment
Public Safety Cognitive Radio (PSCR) is a Software Defined Radio(SDR) developed by the Center for Wireless Telecommunications (CWT) at Virginia Tech. PSCR can configure itself to interoperate with any public safety waveform it finds during the scan procedure. It also offers users the capability to …