Anticipation of handling the dead : effects of gender and experience.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1993Description: 3 pSubject: In addition to the direct psychological effects of disaster stressors, anticipation of stress can itself be debilitating. Examined are the relationship between the anticipated stress of handling the dead and gender and experience. Experienced persons had lower anticipated stress than inexperienced persons. Inexperienced females had higher anticipated stress than inexperienced males; experienced males and females did not differ. Results provide support for an `inoculation' theory of stress buffering in disaster workers
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Bibliography: p. 468
Reprinted from British Journal of Clinical Psychology; 1993; Vol. 32; p. 466-468
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In addition to the direct psychological effects of disaster stressors, anticipation of stress can itself be debilitating. Examined are the relationship between the anticipated stress of handling the dead and gender and experience. Experienced persons had lower anticipated stress than inexperienced persons. Inexperienced females had higher anticipated stress than inexperienced males; experienced males and females did not differ. Results provide support for an `inoculation' theory of stress buffering in disaster workers
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