Italian adaptation of the Coping Responses of Rescue Workers Inventory (CRRWI), a questionnaire witch measures coping strategies utilised by emergency health workers This study aims to present the Italian version of the “Coping Responses of Rescue Workers Inventory” (CRRWI) developed by Beaton and colleagues (1999) for measuring coping strategies used by emergency workers. Participants to the study also filled in the Los Angeles Symptom Checklist (King et al., 1995), in order to have an independent measure of stress levels related to coping strategies. Two hundreds and eighty-seven health emergency workers participated to the study, 60% voluntary rescuers and 40% professional rescuers; they belonged to a variety of services and infrastructures of extra-hospital first aid. Through factor analysis six coping factors were identified, and differences due to the role during the rescue, years of service and gender were examined. In addition, LASC stress scores were correlated to the coping factors from the CRRWI. Finally, the “Coping Responses of Rescue Workers Inventory” demonstrated good psychometric properties and to be well suited to the Italian emergency health service. Key words: coping strategies, inventory, emergency workers.

L’obiettivo di questo lavoro è presentare l’adattamento italiano del questionario sulle strategie di coping degli operatori dell’emergenza “Coping Responses of Rescue Workers Inventory” (CRRWI; Beaton et al., 1999) e indagarne le caratteristiche psicometriche. È stato somministrato anche il Los Angeles Symptom Checklist (King et al., 1995), al fine di disporre di una misura indipendente in grado di descrivere i livelli di stress degli operatori in rapporto a strategie di coping preferenziali. Sono stati coinvolti 287 operatori dell’emergenza 118, il 60% soccorritori volontari e il 40% soccorritori professionisti, appartenenti a diversi enti preposti al soccorso extra-ospedaliero. L’analisi fattoriale ha visto l’emergere di sei dimensioni, riconducibili a sei diversi stili di coping. I diversi fattori sono stati poi indagati in riferimento alle variabili indipendenti: ruolo nel soccorso, anni di esperienza e genere. Un’ulteriore analisi è stata condotta collegando i livelli di stress rilevati dal LASC con gli stili di coping descritti nei fattori estratti dal CRRWI. Lo strumento appare, in conclusione, affidabile e adatto al contesto dell’emergenza sanitaria italiana. Parole chiave: strategie di coping, test, operatori dell’emergenza.

Sbattella, F., Pini, E., Contributo all adattamento italiano del Coping Responses of Rescue Workers Inventory (CRRWI), strumento per lo studio delle strategie di coping negli operatori dell emergenza 118, <<PSICOLOGIA DELLA SALUTE>>, 2008; (2): 147-174 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/105263]

Contributo all adattamento italiano del Coping Responses of Rescue Workers Inventory (CRRWI), strumento per lo studio delle strategie di coping negli operatori dell emergenza 118

Sbattella, Fabio;Pini, Erika
2008

Abstract

Italian adaptation of the Coping Responses of Rescue Workers Inventory (CRRWI), a questionnaire witch measures coping strategies utilised by emergency health workers This study aims to present the Italian version of the “Coping Responses of Rescue Workers Inventory” (CRRWI) developed by Beaton and colleagues (1999) for measuring coping strategies used by emergency workers. Participants to the study also filled in the Los Angeles Symptom Checklist (King et al., 1995), in order to have an independent measure of stress levels related to coping strategies. Two hundreds and eighty-seven health emergency workers participated to the study, 60% voluntary rescuers and 40% professional rescuers; they belonged to a variety of services and infrastructures of extra-hospital first aid. Through factor analysis six coping factors were identified, and differences due to the role during the rescue, years of service and gender were examined. In addition, LASC stress scores were correlated to the coping factors from the CRRWI. Finally, the “Coping Responses of Rescue Workers Inventory” demonstrated good psychometric properties and to be well suited to the Italian emergency health service. Key words: coping strategies, inventory, emergency workers.
2008
Italiano
Sbattella, F., Pini, E., Contributo all adattamento italiano del Coping Responses of Rescue Workers Inventory (CRRWI), strumento per lo studio delle strategie di coping negli operatori dell emergenza 118, <<PSICOLOGIA DELLA SALUTE>>, 2008; (2): 147-174 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/105263]
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