Dispositional Self-Forgiveness In Firefighters Predicts Less Help-Seeking Stigma And Fewer Mental Health Challenges
STIGMA AND HEALTH(2020)
摘要
Firefighters face increased rates of mental health disorders secondary to traumatic exposure yet consistently report that stigma interferes with help-seeking. We examined whether firefighters who are by disposition more self-forgiving would exhibit less stigma and fewer mental health challenges. Dispositional self-forgiveness is a personality trait characterized by nonintropunitive responding, self-acceptance/positivity, and resolution of negative states following perceived failure. A community sample of professional firefighters (n = 72) completed measures of trait self-forgiveness, stigma, IYIND symptom. depressive symptoms, and suicidality. Consistent with expectations, self-forgiveness was associated with less self-stigma (r = -.38) and internalized stigma (r = -.42). Consistent with theory, no substantive link was found between self-forgiveness and public stigma. Also consistent with expectations, substantive relationships were found with wellbeing: self-forgiveness predicted fewer depressive symptoms, less suicidality, and fewer PTSD symptoms. Surprisingly, these relationships existed largely independent of relationships with stigma. Overall, trait self-forgiveness was an importing predictor of both stigma and mental health symptoms among professional firefighters. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.
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firefighters, self-forgiveness, stigma, depression, PTSD
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