The Effect of Social Support on Post-Traumatic Stress of Firefighters

Abstract

This study was attempted to provide basic data on mental health by identifying factors affecting the post-traumatic stress of firefighting officers. The questionnaire consisted of demographic characteristics, social support and post-traumatic stress. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 21.0 statistical program. The results of this study showed that the difference in social support according to general characteristics was the result of work experience, subjective health state and in post-traumatic stress, statistically significant differences were shown in subjective health state, feeling the need for counseling, and mental health service experience. Post-traumatic stress showed a static negative correlation with emotional support, information support, material support, and evaluation support. But social support showed a positive correlation with all of the sub domain. Based on the above results, regression analysis showed that factors affecting post-traumatic stress were feeling the need for counseling, subjective health status, and social support and the factors used in the analysis explained 20.9% of post-traumatic stress.