Increasing Paramedic Students' Resiliency to Stress: Assessing Correlates and the Impact of Intervention.

Abstract

This pilot study focused on paramedic students in the final year of their college program. Using a randomised controlled pre-test/posttest design, this study sought to determine whether perceived peer support, negative attitude towards emotional expression, and specific coping processes, would be significantly predictive of levels of selfreported psychological distress and burnout symptomology, and whether a group counselling intervention could be utilized to influence change in desired directions. Significant correlates were identified and a number of interesting trends emerged that underscore the need for further research in this area.