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Public Safety Personnel Family Resilience: A Narrative Review
Marilyn Cox1, Deborah Norris1, Heidi Cramm2
1Department of Family Studies & Gerontology, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS B3M 2J6, Canada.
Summary
Public safety personnel (PSP) families face unique stressors from nonstandard work and trauma. Enhancing family resilience requires intrafamilial strengths and crucial extrafamilial support systems.
Area of Science:
- Family Studies
- Occupational Health
- Psychology
Background:
- Public safety personnel (PSP) families experience unique occupational demands.
- Nonstandard work hours, trauma exposure, and dangerous environments impact family well-being.
- Limited research exists specifically on the stressors and support needs of PSP families.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify stressors experienced by public safety personnel families.
- To determine the support and resources needed to enhance family resilience.
- To synthesize existing research on PSP families and work-family conflict.
Main Methods:
- Narrative review of studies on public safety personnel sectors.
- Analysis of structural and emotional work-family conflict.
- Application of a military family resiliency framework.
Main Results:
- Intrafamilial processes include meaning-making, collaboration, coherence, and communication.
- Extrafamilial factors involve public perception, recognition, and need for education.
- Family functioning is influenced by available and accessible resources.
Conclusions:
- PSP families' vulnerability varies, necessitating tailored support.
- Enhancing PSP family resilience requires both intrafamilial strengths and robust extrafamilial resources.
- Formal and informal supports are vital for mitigating occupational impacts on families.
Keywords:
emotional supportfamily capabilitiesfamily resiliencyfamily timeinstrumental supportnonstandard workpublic safety personnelsocial supporttrauma exposurework-family conflictMore Related Videos
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