Association Between Social Support, and Depressive Symptoms Among Firefighters: The Mediating Role of Negative Coping
Background: Depressive symptoms (DS) can erode physical and mental health; social support (SS) is considered a buffer for DS and a promoter for improving coping and recovery abilities. However, there is almost no research on the mediating role of negative coping (NC) in SS and DS, especially among f...
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| description | Background: Depressive symptoms (DS) can erode physical and mental health; social support (SS) is considered a buffer for DS and a promoter for improving coping and recovery abilities. However, there is almost no research on the mediating role of negative coping (NC) in SS and DS, especially among firefighters. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among firefighters in Chongqing, China, and the valid data of 407 firefighters were collected through questionnaires distributed on the WeChat platform in 2020. Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) 26.0 is used for descriptive statistics and correlation analysis. Structural equation modeling was adopted to analyze the association among SS, NC, and DS. The mediation effect is also evaluated. Results: Firefighters' detection rate of DS is 23.3%, and when they receive more SS were less likely to develop DS. NC was positively correlated with DS (β = 0.54, p < 0.001) after controlling for SS. Besides, the results of structural equation modeling showed that NC partially mediates the relationship between SS and DS (standard error = 0.039, indirect effects = 0.109, 95% confidence interval: 0.047–0.200 p < 0.001). Conclusion: NC has a partial indirect effect between SS and DS among firefighters. SS could not only affect DS directly but also indirect work on it by affecting NC. This discovery will be a novel and meaningful part of the research on the firefighter population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-54874fa56f6741c38c15922b0b3c02612023-12-29T04:45:09ZengElsevierSafety and Health at Work2093-79112023-12-01144431437Association Between Social Support, and Depressive Symptoms Among Firefighters: The Mediating Role of Negative CopingLiang Wang0Fengqiong Chen1Yulu Zhang2Mengliang Ye3College of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University, ChinaChongqing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, ChinaCollege of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University, ChinaCollege of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University, China; Corresponding author. College of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University, 400016, China.Background: Depressive symptoms (DS) can erode physical and mental health; social support (SS) is considered a buffer for DS and a promoter for improving coping and recovery abilities. However, there is almost no research on the mediating role of negative coping (NC) in SS and DS, especially among firefighters. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among firefighters in Chongqing, China, and the valid data of 407 firefighters were collected through questionnaires distributed on the WeChat platform in 2020. Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) 26.0 is used for descriptive statistics and correlation analysis. Structural equation modeling was adopted to analyze the association among SS, NC, and DS. The mediation effect is also evaluated. Results: Firefighters' detection rate of DS is 23.3%, and when they receive more SS were less likely to develop DS. NC was positively correlated with DS (β = 0.54, p < 0.001) after controlling for SS. Besides, the results of structural equation modeling showed that NC partially mediates the relationship between SS and DS (standard error = 0.039, indirect effects = 0.109, 95% confidence interval: 0.047–0.200 p < 0.001). Conclusion: NC has a partial indirect effect between SS and DS among firefighters. SS could not only affect DS directly but also indirect work on it by affecting NC. This discovery will be a novel and meaningful part of the research on the firefighter population.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791123000604depressive symptomsfirefightersnegative copingsocial supportstructural equation modeling |
| spellingShingle | Liang Wang Fengqiong Chen Yulu Zhang Mengliang Ye Association Between Social Support, and Depressive Symptoms Among Firefighters: The Mediating Role of Negative Coping Safety and Health at Work depressive symptoms firefighters negative coping social support structural equation modeling |
| title | Association Between Social Support, and Depressive Symptoms Among Firefighters: The Mediating Role of Negative Coping |
| title_full | Association Between Social Support, and Depressive Symptoms Among Firefighters: The Mediating Role of Negative Coping |
| title_fullStr | Association Between Social Support, and Depressive Symptoms Among Firefighters: The Mediating Role of Negative Coping |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association Between Social Support, and Depressive Symptoms Among Firefighters: The Mediating Role of Negative Coping |
| title_short | Association Between Social Support, and Depressive Symptoms Among Firefighters: The Mediating Role of Negative Coping |
| title_sort | association between social support and depressive symptoms among firefighters the mediating role of negative coping |
| topic | depressive symptoms firefighters negative coping social support structural equation modeling |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791123000604 |
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