Women Firefighters and Workplace Harassment: Associated Suicidality and Mental Health Sequelae. |
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| Abstract | This cross-sectional study investigated the association between harassment, career suicidality, and psychiatric symptoms among women firefighters. Women firefighters (n = 290) completed self-report measures of experiences with harassment on the job, career suicidality, and various psychiatric symptoms. Logistic regression analyses and one-way analyses of variance were used to address study aims. Of the sample, 21.7% reported having experienced sexual harassment and 20.3% reported having been threatened or harassed in another way on their firefighting job. Sexual harassment and other threats/harassment on the job were both significantly associated with a greater likelihood of reporting career suicidal ideation, as well as reporting more severe psychiatric symptoms. Harassment and threats experienced on the job may be associated with increased suicide risk and more severe psychiatric symptoms among women firefighters. Efforts are needed to reduce the occurrence of harassment and threats within the fire service and provide support for women firefighters who have been harassed or threatened. |
| PMID | 29088006 |
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| Journal Title | the journal of nervous and mental disease |
| Publication Year Start | 2017-01-01 |
PMID- 29088006
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20171212
LR - 20171212
IS - 1539-736X (Electronic)
IS - 0022-3018 (Linking)
VI - 205
IP - 12
DP - 2017 Dec
TI - Women Firefighters and Workplace Harassment: Associated Suicidality and Mental
Health Sequelae.
PG - 910-917
LID - 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000759 [doi]
AB - This cross-sectional study investigated the association between harassment,
career suicidality, and psychiatric symptoms among women firefighters. Women
firefighters (n = 290) completed self-report measures of experiences with
harassment on the job, career suicidality, and various psychiatric symptoms.
Logistic regression analyses and one-way analyses of variance were used to
address study aims. Of the sample, 21.7% reported having experienced sexual
harassment and 20.3% reported having been threatened or harassed in another way
on their firefighting job. Sexual harassment and other threats/harassment on the
job were both significantly associated with a greater likelihood of reporting
career suicidal ideation, as well as reporting more severe psychiatric symptoms.
Harassment and threats experienced on the job may be associated with increased
suicide risk and more severe psychiatric symptoms among women firefighters.
Efforts are needed to reduce the occurrence of harassment and threats within the
fire service and provide support for women firefighters who have been harassed or
threatened.
FAU - Hom, Melanie A
AU - Hom MA
FAU - Stanley, Ian H
AU - Stanley IH
FAU - Spencer-Thomas, Sally
AU - Spencer-Thomas S
FAU - Joiner, Thomas E
AU - Joiner TE
LA - eng
PT - Journal Article
PL - United States
TA - J Nerv Ment Dis
JT - The Journal of nervous and mental disease
JID - 0375402
SB - AIM
SB - IM
MH - Adolescent
MH - Adult
MH - Behavioral Symptoms/*epidemiology
MH - Bullying/*statistics & numerical data
MH - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH - Female
MH - Firefighters/*statistics & numerical data
MH - Humans
MH - Middle Aged
MH - Occupational Diseases/*epidemiology
MH - Sexual Harassment/*statistics & numerical data
MH - Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders/*epidemiology
MH - *Suicidal Ideation
MH - Workplace/*statistics & numerical data
MH - Young Adult
EDAT- 2017/11/01 06:00
MHDA- 2017/12/13 06:00
CRDT- 2017/11/01 06:00
PHST- 2017/11/01 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/12/13 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/11/01 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000759 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO - J Nerv Ment Dis. 2017 Dec;205(12):910-917. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000759.