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  • Mental Health
  • Trauma Studies

Background:

  • First responders face cumulative trauma exposure, increasing risks for PTSD, depression, generalized anxiety, and suicide.
  • Attachment theory provides a framework for understanding the psychological impact of trauma on first responders.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the mediating roles of attachment avoidance and anxiety in the relationship between trauma exposure and suicide risk among first responders.
  • To identify specific attachment dimensions that contribute to negative mental health outcomes and suicide risk in this population.

Main Methods:

  • A study involving 190 treatment-seeking first responders.
  • Utilized PROCESS parallel mediation models to examine PTSD, depression, and generalized anxiety as predictors of suicide.
  • Assessed attachment avoidance and attachment anxiety as mediators.

Main Results:

  • Attachment anxiety significantly mediated all tested parallel models.
  • Attachment avoidance significantly mediated only dysphoric arousal, anxious arousal, and generalized anxiety.
  • Attachment anxiety emerged as a potent mediator across multiple pathways to suicide.

Conclusions:

  • Attachment anxiety plays a significant role in amplifying distress and increasing suicide risk among first responders.
  • Attachment anxiety is a critical theoretical construct for clinical practice aimed at suicide prevention in high-risk populations.
  • Clinical interventions should consider addressing attachment anxiety to mitigate suicide risk in first responders.