Anxiety, stress, and mood states of wildland firefighters

Authors

  • Fabio García-Heras Hernández Departamento de Educación Física y Deportiva de la Universidad de León
  • Jorge Gutiérrez Arroyo Departamento de Educación Física y Deportiva de la Universidad de León
  • Olga Molinero González Departamento de Educación Física y Deportiva de la Universidad de León

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v0i41.85501

Keywords:

anxiety, stress, mood states, PEEIF, wildland firefighters

Abstract

The present research mainly seeks to establish a profile of anxiety, stress and moods of the Forest Fire Extinction Specialist Personnel (PEEIF) or wildland firefighters both at a general level and in emergency situations. The sample was made up of 24 subjects who were administered a battery of questionnaires on three occasions (no emergency, first emergency and last emergency), composed of an ad-hoc sociodemographic questionnaire, the Profile of Mood States (POMS); and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-E / R), carrying out a descriptive and comparative analysis through the bat-student test and multiple comparisons with repeated measures Anova. It was observed that the PEEIF members, at a general level, had low values ​​of state anxiety, trait anxiety, tension, depression, anger, fatigue and confusion, while vigor was high. In emergency situations, the values ​​were modified in their entirety, due to the source of stress involved. It is shown that forest fire extinguishing work is characterized by having negative emotional effects on its professionals, mediated by experience, position and family conditions.

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Published

2021-07-01

How to Cite

García-Heras Hernández, F., Gutiérrez Arroyo, J., & Molinero González, O. (2021). Anxiety, stress, and mood states of wildland firefighters. Retos, 41, 228–236. https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v0i41.85501

Issue

Vol. 41 (2021)

Section

Original Research Article

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