COMPARATIVE STUDY OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL RESISTANCE IN FIREFIGHTERS, MINE RESCUERS AND STUDENTS OF A FIREFIGHTING AND RESCUE COLLEGE
https://doi.org/10.25016/2541-7487-2013-0-1-74-77
Abstract
We conducted a psychological survey of 221 professionals from Firefighting Service of St. Petersburg, 15 mine rescuers from the Federal State institution, Administration of military mine rescue detachments in building industry and 28 students of a Firefighting and Rescue College named St. Petersburg Centre for Rescuers' Training. Stress resistance decreased with aging of professionals. The risk group for deadaptation (category IV for neuropsychological resistance, NPR) included 26.7 % of mine rescuers and 0.9 % of firefighters. Against the background of relative psychological well being of firefighters and rescuers, 17.9 % of students had low neuropsychological resistance. No significant correlation between NPR and work experience in firefighters and mine rescuers was revealed. In firefighters, a relationship between health and professional advancement, on the one hand, and NPR levels, on the other, was established according to expert appraisals.
About the Authors
T. I. Shevchenko
Nikiforov Russian Center of Emergency and Radiation Medicine, EMERCOM of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
N. V. Makarova
Nikiforov Russian Center of Emergency and Radiation Medicine, EMERCOM of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Shevchenko T.I., Makarova N.V. COMPARATIVE STUDY OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL RESISTANCE IN FIREFIGHTERS, MINE RESCUERS AND STUDENTS OF A FIREFIGHTING AND RESCUE COLLEGE. Medicо-Biological and Socio-Psychological Problems of Safety in Emergency Situations. 2013;(1):74-77. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25016/2541-7487-2013-0-1-74-77
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