Perception of occupational stress by military firefighters from a city in the countryside of Minas Gerais

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

Objective: to identify the factors those predispose the military fireman to develop occupational stress. Method: this was a descriptive study, with quantitative and qualitative approach. 32 interviews were conducted using a semistructured questionnaire and an interview recorded with guiding questions. The data were analyzed using the SPSS 16.0 version and for the interviews was used content analysis. Results: Seven categories namely: understanding stress, stress in daily work; factors stressors and emotional damage due to stress. Conclusion: It was noticed in this study the difficulty of theoretical science on this subject. Moreover, we can infer that concern firefighters, feel and express stress in different ways and thus to realize when they are under job stress.

Object Details

• Alternative title: Percepção do estresse ocupacional por bombeiros militares de uma cidade do interior de Minas Gerais ; Percepción del estrés ocupacional por bomberos militares de una cuidad del interior de Minas Gerais
• ISSN: 2175-5361
• Extent: Seite(n): 75-84
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 5(3)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ; Wirtschaft ; Medizinsoziologie ; Arbeitswelt ; Berufsforschung, Berufssoziologie ; Feuerwehr ; Stress ; Arbeitsbelastung ; Beruf ; Krankenpflege ; Gesundheit ; Militär ; Brasilien ; Lateinamerika ; Südamerika

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Vicente, Natália Gomes ; Ferreira, Lúcia Aparecida ; Rezende, Marina Pereira ; Cardoso, Ricardo Jader ; Zuffi, Fernanda Bonato
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2013

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2013v5n3p75
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-55024-4
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST