The effect of forest-based trauma stress management program on job stress, PTSD, resilience, mental health, and salivary cortisol for firefighters

초록

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of forest-based trauma stress management programs on firefighters' job stress, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), resilience, mental health and salivary cortisol and use them as evidence for disseminating customized intervention programs. This program was a forest-based trauma stress management program for five days and was conducted from June 4 to June 8, 2018, for 20 firefighters. Four psychological questionnaires (job stress, PTSD, resilience and mental health) were applied, and physiological measures were assessed (salivary cortisol) before and after the program. There were significant differences in job stress (t= -2.411, p = 0.026), PTSD (t= -3.294, p= 0.004), resilience (t= -7.242, p<0.001) and mental health (t= -2.168, p= 0.043) before and after the program in the experimental group, but there was no significant difference in salivary cortisol (t= -.962, p= 0.348). The results indicated a statistically significant decrease in job stress and PTSD and an increase in resilience and mental health. These results can be used for disseminating custom-tailored intervention programs for firefighters.

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