Robberies are traumatizing events for workers, consequently a number of health problems can arise. In the short term, a common reaction is post-traumatic stress (including intrusion, avoidance and hyperarousal symptoms). The aim of the present study was to identify, among pre-trauma factors (personal characteristics: gender, age, educational level and prior exposure to robberies) and peri-trauma factors (kind of weapon, duration of the event, number of robbers, numbers of colleagues and clients involved), those that were most likely to cause post-traumatic symptoms in a sample of bank employees who were victims of robbery. Two banks in north-west Italy were involved in the research. A month after the robbery, 175 bank employees completed a self-report questionnaire including the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) by Weiss and Marmar [39]. Analyses showed one pre-trauma factor (prior exposure to robbery/ies) and one peri-trauma factor (number of robbers) as significant predictors of intrusion; in the case of avoidance two peri-trauma factors (number of robbers and duration of robbery) were identified; lastly, one pre-trauma factor (prior exposure to robbery/ies) and two peri-trauma factors (number of robbers and number of colleagues involved in the robbery) were found to be predictors of hyperarousal. The results showed that several peri-trauma factors can increase the risk for worker to develop post-traumatic stress reaction and suggest that these factors should be kept in mind when planning intervention programmes aimed at preventing and contrasting psychological consequences of robbery.
La reazione post-traumatica tra bancari vittime di rapina sul luogo di lavoro: il ruolo dei fattori pre-trauma e peri-trauma
CONVERSO, Daniela;VIOTTI, SARA
2014-01-01
Abstract
Robberies are traumatizing events for workers, consequently a number of health problems can arise. In the short term, a common reaction is post-traumatic stress (including intrusion, avoidance and hyperarousal symptoms). The aim of the present study was to identify, among pre-trauma factors (personal characteristics: gender, age, educational level and prior exposure to robberies) and peri-trauma factors (kind of weapon, duration of the event, number of robbers, numbers of colleagues and clients involved), those that were most likely to cause post-traumatic symptoms in a sample of bank employees who were victims of robbery. Two banks in north-west Italy were involved in the research. A month after the robbery, 175 bank employees completed a self-report questionnaire including the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) by Weiss and Marmar [39]. Analyses showed one pre-trauma factor (prior exposure to robbery/ies) and one peri-trauma factor (number of robbers) as significant predictors of intrusion; in the case of avoidance two peri-trauma factors (number of robbers and duration of robbery) were identified; lastly, one pre-trauma factor (prior exposure to robbery/ies) and two peri-trauma factors (number of robbers and number of colleagues involved in the robbery) were found to be predictors of hyperarousal. The results showed that several peri-trauma factors can increase the risk for worker to develop post-traumatic stress reaction and suggest that these factors should be kept in mind when planning intervention programmes aimed at preventing and contrasting psychological consequences of robbery.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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