%0 Journal Article %T Psychological distress and alcohol use among fire fighters. %A Boxer, P. A. %A Wild, D. %J Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health %D 1993 %8 April 19 %N 2 %@ 0355-3140 %F Boxer1993 %X

Few studies have investigated stressors to which fire fighters are subjected and the potential psychological consequences. One hundred and forty-five fire fighters were studied to enumerate potential occupational stressors, assess psychological distress and problems with alcohol use, and determine whether a relationship exists between these measures and self-reported stressors. Hearing that children are in a burning building was the highest ranked stressor. According to three self-report instruments, between 33 and 41% of the fire fighters were experiencing significant psychological distress, and 29% had possible or probable problems with alcohol use. These figures are significantly higher than would be expected in a typical community or working population. In a logistic regression analysis, no relationship was found between measures of psychological distress and alcohol use and the 10 most highly ranked work stressors.

%R 10.5271/sjweh.1497 %U https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=1497 %U https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.1497 %P 121-125