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Open AccessNetwork of Mindfulness and Difficulties in Regulating Emotions in Firefighters
Growing evidence supports the role of mindfulness in regulating emotions in the general population. However, the interactive network of mindfulness facets and difficulties in regulating emotions is not well un...
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Sleep Quality and Hazardous Alcohol Use: Indirect Effects of Co**-Oriented Alcohol Use among Individuals with Probable Posttraumatic Stress and Hazardous Alcohol Use
Poor sleep quality may be associated with using alcohol to cope with distress, and, in turn, hazardous alcohol use among those with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and hazardous alcohol use. The current s...
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Open AccessNetwork Analysis of Mindfulness and Mental Health Symptoms among Firefighters: A Transdiagnostic Lens
Previous research has established the protective role of mindfulness against various psychological disorders and maladaptive behaviours. However, the associations between specific facets of mindfulness and div...
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Association Between Insomnia and Depressive Symptoms Among Law Enforcement Personnel: The Moderating Role of Resilience
Law enforcement personnel work in environments in which exposure to stressors can lead to increased risk for mental health conditions such as depression. Symptoms of these conditions often include sleep distur...
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Trauma and Emotion Regulation: Associations with Depressive Symptoms and Cocaine Use among Treatment-seeking Adults
Emotion regulation is discussed as a key factor in moderating the association between trauma exposure and cocaine use as well as depressive symptoms, yet these associations are not well understood. The goal of...
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Living in the Present Moment: The Role of Mindfulness in the Association Between Impulsivity and Suicidality Among Black Emerging Adults
Impulsivity is one factor that is associated with increased risk for suicide ideation and suicidal risk. However, limited studies have examined the association between impulsivity and suicidal risk, or clinica...
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Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among First Responders
First responders represent a unique and understudied population at heightened risk for chronic occupational stress and exposure to potentially traumatic events (PTEs; e.g., attending to fires, medical emergenc...
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Wellness, Resilience, and Mindfulness
First responders frequently encounter potentially traumatic and stressful emergency events and work in an increasingly demanding profession. Given the nature of their profession, a proactive and preventative a...
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Mental Health of Women First Responders: Clinical Considerations
Although rates of women onboarding into the field of first responder work are increasing, there is little empirical research focusing on this group specifically. The current chapter aims to discuss extant rese...
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Anxiety sensitivity and Pain Experience: a prospective investigation among World Trade Center Responders
Chronic pain is a significant public health problem and is exacerbated by stress. The World Trade Center (WTC) Disaster represents a unique stressor, and responders to the WTC disaster are at increased risk fo...
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PTSD Symptom Severity, Pain Intensity, and Pain-Related Disability Among Trauma-Exposed Firefighters: the Moderating Role of Mindfulness
Firefighters are regularly exposed to potentially traumatic and injurious events and are at increased risk for develo** posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, pain, and pain-related disability. Mindf...
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Providing Psychological Services to Firefighters
Firefighters are chronically exposed to trauma as well as occupational and relational stressors. Furthermore, firefighters are faced with cultural and structural barriers in accessing psychological treatment s...
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Association Between Sleep Disturbances and Suicide Risk Among Firefighters: the Moderating Role of Mindfulness
Firefighters are at increased risk for suicide. The evaluation of correlates of suicide risk among firefighters is necessary to inform evidence-based prevention efforts. Firefighters are chronically exposed to...
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Mindful Attention and Eating Expectancies among College Students with Obesity and a History of Trauma Exposure
Trauma exposure and obesity are highly prevalent among college students and both are associated with disordered eating. There is a need to understand psychological factors that may be related to maladaptive ea...
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Anxiety sensitivity and opioid misuse and dependence among trauma-exposed adults with chronic pain
It is unclear if anxiety sensitivity may serve as mechanism underlying the relation between posttraumatic stress symptom severity and opioid misuse and dependence among trauma-exposed persons with chronic pain...
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Sleep Disturbance and PTSD Symptoms in Psychiatric Inpatients: the Role of Mindfulness Facets
Trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are significant concerns across psychiatric inpatient populations. Sleep disturbance is implicated in the etiology and maintenance of PTSD. Mindfulness ...
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Anxiety Sensitivity Moderates the Effect of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms on Emotion Dysregulation among Trauma-Exposed Firefighters
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms are associated with significant emotion dysregulation, which in turn marks risk for greater symptom-related difficulties and psychiatric comorbidity. Individuals w...
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Sleep Disturbance Among Firefighters: Understanding Associations with Alcohol Use and Distress Tolerance
Sleep disturbance is related to a variety of health issues and represents a prominent occupational concern among firefighters. Two potential predictors relevant to disturbed sleep are alcohol use and distress ...
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Associations between Mindfulness Facets and PTSD Symptom Severity in Psychiatric Inpatients
The current study concurrently examined associations of mindfulness facets with PTSD symptom severity and symptom cluster severity in a trauma-exposed, psychiatric inpatient sample. Participants included 152 p...
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Posttraumatic Stress and Suicidality Among Firefighters: The Moderating Role of Distress Tolerance
Firefighters report high rates of suicidality and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This investigation explored the moderating role of distress tolerance (DT) in the association between PTSD symptomatology...
