Journal article
Putative risk and resiliency factors after an augmented training program for preventing posttraumatic stress injuries among public safety personnel from diverse sectors
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Vol.54(4), pp.457-476
2025
PMID: 39526850
Appears in Thompson Institute Research Collection
Abstract
Mental health disorders are particularly prevalent among public safety personnel (PSP). Emotional Resilience Skills Training (ERST) is a cognitive behavioural training program for PSP based on the Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders (i.e. Unified Protocol). The current study was designed to assess whether ERST is associated with reduced putative risk factors for mental disorders and increased individual resilience. The PSP-PTSI Study used a longitudinal prospective sequential experimental cohort design that engaged each participant for approximately 16 months. PSP from diverse sectors (i.e. firefighters, municipal police, paramedics, public safety communicators) completed self-report measures of several putative risk variables (i.e. anxiety sensitivity, fear of negative evaluation, pain anxiety, illness and injury sensitivity, intolerance of uncertainty, state anger) and resilience at three time points: pre-training (n = 191), post-training (n = 103), and 1-year follow-up (n = 41). Participant scores were statistically compared across time points. Participants reported statistically significantly lower scores on all putative risk variables except pain anxiety, and statistically significantly higher resilience from pre- to post-training. Changes were sustained at 1-year follow-up. The results indicate that ERST is associated with reductions in several putative risk variables and improvement in resilience among PSP.
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- Title
- Putative risk and resiliency factors after an augmented training program for preventing posttraumatic stress injuries among public safety personnel from diverse sectors
- Authors
- Juliana M B Khoury (Corresponding Author) - University of ReginaTaylor A Teckchandani - Canadian Institute for Public Safety Research and TreatmentJolan Nisbet - Canadian Institute for Public Safety Research and TreatmentSherry H Stewart - Dalhousie UniversityGordon J G Asmundson - University of ReginaTracie O Afifi - University of ManitobaMichelle C E McCarron - Saskatchewan Health AuthorityGregory P Kratzig - University of ReginaShannon Sauer-Zavala - University of KentuckyJ Patrick Neary - University of ReginaRenée S MacPhee - Wilfrid Laurier UniversityAlain Brunet - McGill UniversityTerence M Keane - National Center for PTSDR Nicholas Carleton - University of Regina
- Publication details
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Vol.54(4), pp.457-476
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Date published
- 2025
- DOI
- 10.1080/16506073.2024.2420636
- ISSN
- 1651-2316
- PMID
- 39526850
- Data Availability
- The datasets presented in this article are not readily available. The datasets will be made available only for independent confirmation purposes and only to persons with the necessary ethical and security clearances as defined by the Research Ethics Board at the University of Regina and the contractual obligations with the supporting organizations. Requests regarding the datasets can be made to psp.ptsi.study@uregina.ca.
- Organisation Unit
- Thompson Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991087896602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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