Training of Volunteers in Psychological First Aid and Coping Strategies

 

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Auteurs: Becerra, Luciana, Bail Pupko, Vera, Depaula, Pablo, Azzollini, Susana
Format: artículo original
Statut:Versión publicada
Date de publication:2021
Description:Objective. To analyze the effectiveness of volunteer and professional personnel who assist in emergencies (Volunteer Firefighters, Civil Defense, Red Cross) in a Psychological First Aid training program and its relationship with indicators of empathy and coping strategies. Method. A quantitative, comparative, and co-relational study was carried out with a sample of 198 volunteers belonging to institutions that intervene in emergencies. A simulation program on responses to victims of catastrophes was used, Interactive System in Psychological First Aid and the Coping Strategies Inventory. Results. Volunteers, who state that handle better stressful situations, achieve a more effective performance in the simulation program. The assessment of the context as threatening or indifferent impaired the execution of the proposed PFA protocol using software.
Pays:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Langue:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/38911
Accès en ligne:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/actualidades/article/view/38911
Mots-clés:Psychological First Aid
Volunteers
Efficacy
Empathy
Coping Strategies
primera ayuda psicológica
voluntarios
empatía
estrategias de afrontamiento
Empaty