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Daily hassles, their antecedents and outcomes among professional first responders: A systematic literature review
Author(s) -
Larsson Gerry,
Berglund Anna Karin,
Ohlsson Alicia
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/sjop.12303
Subject(s) - psychology , framing (construction) , coping (psychology) , antecedent (behavioral psychology) , occupational stress , cognitive appraisal , systematic review , qualitative research , applied psychology , first responder , clinical psychology , social psychology , medline , medicine , emergency medicine , political science , law , social science , structural engineering , sociology , engineering
Occupational groups such as firefighters, military officers, paramedics and police officers are exposed to a combination of acute, severe and accumulated everyday stress. Drawing on the daily hassles perspective on stress, the aim was to synthesize existing research on daily hassles in professional first responder settings into a theoretical model. A systematic mixed studies review with an integrated design was undertaken. The selection process resulted in 40 articles meeting the inclusion criteria. The selected papers represented two literature reviews, one qualitative study, eight longitudinal studies and 29 cross‐sectional studies. Five superior categories emerged in the analysis: Individual antecedent and continuously framing factors, Environmental antecedent and continuously framing factors, Appraisal and coping processes, Daily hassles and Outcome. Suggestions for future research are presented.