TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Psychological distress and post-traumatic symptoms following occupational accidents
JO  - Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)
A1  - Ghisi, Marta
A1  - Novara, Caterina
A1  - Buodo, Giulia
A1  - Kimble, Matthew O.
A1  - Scozzari, Simona
A1  - Di Natale, Arianna
A1  - Sanavio, Ezio
A1  - Palomba, Daniela
SP  - 587
EP  - 600
VL  - 3
IS  - 4
N2  - Depression and post-traumatic stress disorder frequently occur as a consequence of occupational accidents. To date, research has been primarily focused on high-risk workers, such as police officers or firefighters, and has rarely considered individuals whose occupational environment involves the risk of severe, but not necessarily life-threatening, injury. Therefore, the present study was aimed at assessing the psychological consequences of accidents occurring in several occupational settings (e.g., construction and industry). Thirty-eight victims of occupational accidents (injured workers) and 38 gender-, age-, and years of education-matched workers who never experienced a work accident (control group) were recruited. All participants underwent a semi-structured interview administered by a trained psychologist, and then were requested to fill in the questionnaires. Injured workers reported more severe anxious, post-traumatic and depressive symptoms, and poorer coping skills, as compared to controls. In the injured group low levels of resilience predicted post-traumatic symptomatology, whereas the degree of physical injury and the length of time since the accident did not play a predictive role. The results suggest that occupational accidents may result in a disabling psychopathological condition, and that a brief psychological evaluation should be included in the assessment of seriously injured workers.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2076-328X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs3040587
ID  - ref1
ER  -