소방공무원의 직무스트레스와 사회심리적 스트레스와의 연관성에 관한 연구

Abstract

Purpose : Firefighters were subjected to be exposed to 24-hour shiftwork and high level of job stress, but there is little study of fire fighters about between Job Stress and Psychological stress in Korea This study was performed to evaluate job stress of fïre fïghters grouped by different job types and analyze the health effect of job stress by using a PWI - SF(Psycho- social Well -being l ndex , Short Form) Methods : This study was to measure the degree of job stress and socio- psychological stress of firefïghters working at 119 safety center and analyze the relationship between job stress and mental health, through self-admini stered questionnaire survey on 918 fïre fïghters working a t fire department locat ed in Korea, duri ng October in 2008, Question items of the questionnaire consist of general characteristics, job stress , and socio-psychological stress Job Stress Measurement Scale for Koreans was used to measure job stress , while PWl- SF used for socio- psychological stress Collected data was analyzed through frequency analysis, x² test , one-way ANOVA, correlation analysis, multi - regression analysis using a statistic program, SPSS/10.0 Ver for Windows, and statistical signifïcance level was 0.05. Result : Accordingly, this paper is written for the purpose of scrutinizing the reason of 119 rescuers' job stress and Socio-Psychological stress This thesis tries to analyze a problem and provide contents through many variables concerned and theoretical investigation with the actual research of questionnaire. The results of the study are surrunarized as follows Fire fighters feel relatively high stressful in their performance. Job stress‘ organiza tional commitment and burnout did not have been influence upon by individual cases such as economic condition, regular exercise etc Finally. as a result of step by step regression analysis. the variable that can explain Socio-Psychological stress the best was negative emotion scale(NE). Conclusions : lt is necessary to conduct repeated studies in the future, since the study implied that there was a contrary relationship between job stress and socio- psychological stress In order to reduce job stress and maintain better mental health, it is more important than anything else to help firefighters have willingness and efforts to sustain a healthy life. so the development of various programs and education to raise their awareness should be implemented.