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The Posttraumatic Growth of the Professional Firefighters
Ďurčeková, Eva ; Kebza, Vladimír (advisor) ; Štětovská, Iva (referee)
This diploma thesis is focusing on the posttraumatic growth in professional fire fighters. The theoretical part deals with models of the posttraumatic growth and factors which affect this process. Another constituent of the work is a treatise about psychological aspects of the fire fighter job execution. One section of the work, the empirical section, is based on the Czech version of a questionnaire method called "Posttraumatic Growth Inventory ". It is a questionnaire that discovers the level of achieved posttraumatic growth in 5 areas; personal strength, new possibilities, relating to others, appreciation of life and spiritual change. The research sample that consisted of 100 professional firemen verified the relationship between the posttraumatic growth and other aspects of respondents' lives. The research showed following discovery. The marital status, the fact if the respondent has a family, the time which passed since experiencing a difficult incident, the subjectively perceived intensity of an event, the level of distress, psychological well-being, behaviour of type A, cognitive resilience of an individual, strategy of bearing the burden of "negative view", "the concentration on a problem" and "the mineralization of threats" is not connected with the grade of obtained posttraumatic growth....
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Posttraumatic human growth
Špeldová, Patricie ; Mareš, Jiří (advisor) ; Kutnohorská, Jana (referee)
Name and surname of the author: Patricie Špeldová Institution: Charles University Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové Department of Non-medical Studies Title: Posttraumatic human growth Supervisor: prof. PhDr. Jiří Mareš, CSc. Number of pages: 60 Number of appendices: 1 Year of defense: 2021 Keywords: Posttraumatic human growth, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, traumatic event, trauma, traffic accident The bachelor thesis deals with posttraumatic growth in people who have suffered a serious traffic accident. The work consists of two parts. The theoretical and overview part gradually deals with the following topics: traumatic event, posttraumatic stress disorder and posttraumatic human growth. It pays particular attention to the division of trauma, its origin and its effect on a person's personality, symptoms, process and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. It also focuses on the principles and process of posttraumatic growth and the factors that may affect it. The empirical part is conceived as a qualitative survey of 4 people who experienced a traffic accident. There were 3 men and 1 woman. The basic method that was used was a semi-structured interview and content analysis of clients' statements. The results showed that only two clients can be said to have real posttraumatic growth. It...
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The Posttraumatic Growth of the Professional Firefighters
Ďurčeková, Eva ; Kebza, Vladimír (advisor) ; Štětovská, Iva (referee)
This diploma thesis is focusing on the posttraumatic growth in professional fire fighters. The theoretical part deals with models of the posttraumatic growth and factors which affect this process. Another constituent of the work is a treatise about psychological aspects of the fire fighter job execution. One section of the work, the empirical section, is based on the Czech version of a questionnaire method called "Posttraumatic Growth Inventory ". It is a questionnaire that discovers the level of achieved posttraumatic growth in 5 areas; personal strength, new possibilities, relating to others, appreciation of life and spiritual change. The research sample that consisted of 100 professional firemen verified the relationship between the posttraumatic growth and other aspects of respondents' lives. The research showed following discovery. The marital status, the fact if the respondent has a family, the time which passed since experiencing a difficult incident, the subjectively perceived intensity of an event, the level of distress, psychological well-being, behaviour of type A, cognitive resilience of an individual, strategy of bearing the burden of "negative view", "the concentration on a problem" and "the mineralization of threats" is not connected with the grade of obtained posttraumatic growth....
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The activity of the team of posttraumatic care in the system of psychological service of Fire and Rescue Department of South Bohemia region
ZÍKA, Václav
The Thesis Activities of a Post-traumatic Care Team in the System of Psychological Services of the Fire and Rescue Brigade of South Bohemia deals with the work of a group of specially trained firemen, who are members of the team. Currently, the team consists of 12 fire-fighters (2 women and 10 men) and one half of them has been working in the team since 2005; the time when the team was established. These fire-fighters have become members of the team voluntarily. I have chosen this topic for my Thesis because it is very topical theme today. Psychological services and hence teams of post-traumatic care help fulfil the basic mission of the Fire and Rescue Brigade of the Czech Republic in the irreplaceable way. Psychological services improve the daily work of fire-fighters and through more comprehensive assistance at emergencies they can also provide quality service to citizens. I can confirm this statement from my own experience because I have been working as a professional fire-fighter for 19 years. I worked as a squad leader for 15 years and I have been working as a member of the team of psychological services for 3 years. The aim of my Thesis was to summarize and evaluate existing experience of my team in the field of providing post-traumatic services for both targeted groups as well as the evaluation of the level of the theoretical knowledge of members of the team. What is more, having the information of the theoretical base of the team and especially knowing the results of the subsequent evaluation of my qualitative research, I wanted to suggest further possibilities for the development of the team, especially in its core activities. Theoretical bases are the standard chapter of the Thesis. I have fulfilled the bases by studying and analyzing the literature dealing with the tasks of the Fire and Rescue Brigade of the Czech Republic, the psychological services and post-traumatic care services. I have also studied the related laws and internal regulations. In accordance with the objectives mentioned above, I have formulated two research questions for my qualitative research, which is the basis of the practical part of my Thesis. Firstly, using the content analysis for the acquired data, I assessed the results of my qualitative research and then, after subsequent comparisons, I created the summaries of the data. For my surveys, I used semi-structured individual interviews, which were focused on experience and attitudes of members of the Team of post-traumatic care of the Fire and Rescue Brigade of South Bohemia Region, who made up my research pool. I have described and discussed the results of my work in detail in three major sections. Two of the sections are dedicated to the core activities of our team, which are: collegial psychological support to the units within our region and post-traumatic care for people affected by emergencies. In the first two sections I bring the meaningful responses to my formulated research questions. The third section is compiled in the spirit of the objectives and it is focused on some proposed changes and possibilities of the development of the team. I put forward the final and complete form of my proposals in the section ?Discussion?. The proposals show (and it is consistent with my belief) that the potential of our team is not fully exploited. Above all, I see this fact as the essential qualitative benefit of my Thesis: mental and intellectual contributions can reveal new facts and perspectives.
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The First Mental Aid in the Pre-hospital Emergency Care from the Perspective of the Paramedic
POJETA, Antonín
This thesis deals with the provision of primary mental health services during emergency operations by a paramedic or any other medical staff to an individual who is in a state of psychological distress. It confirms the need for intervention techniques used by paramedic staff in everyday situations. The research part of this work is focused on the description of situations that make use of primary mental health care. This will be presented in the form of case studies. These were carried out by an emergency medical service in Moravian?Silesian Region (Zdravotnická záchranná služba Moravskoslezského kraje). Additional interviews with paramedics are also enclosed.
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The Psychological and Spiritual Support in the Police of the Czech Republic
KOZÁK, Jaroslav
The thesis deals with the description of the psychological and spiritual support for the members of the police force. Its basis is the definition of the police force as the service to the public while the policeman is perceived as both the representative of the state force and the human being. In the part dealing with the professional ethics one points out to the usefulness of the ethical codex for a policeman as a possible inspiration for one's responsibility in the role of a policeman.Next, negative phenomena influencing a policeman are described, such as stress, a traumatic event,crisis,and a burn-out syndrom. The thesis considers the needs of the man linked to the needs of a policeman proper. Based on the information collected it then deals with the psychological and spiritual support. The psychological support in the police force has got a certain framework defined in the form of a crisis intervention, a psychological advisory service and a posttraumatic intervention care. A spiritual support has no specific concept defined. A priest has his role in posttraumatic intervention teams only. Based on the research carried out and on the literature available the possibility is outlined for the provision of not only psychological but also for the spiritual support.
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