Associations Between Public Service Motivation, Depression and Anxiety Among Firefighters: A Chain Mediation Model of Employee Resilience and Job Satisfaction

Liu Hongbing, Guo Chunfu and Han Ziqiang ()
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Liu Hongbing: Center for Risk Governance and Emergency Management, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
Guo Chunfu: School of Politics and Public Administration, Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Chongqing, China
Han Ziqiang: Center for Risk Governance and Emergency Management, Shandong University, Qingdao, China

Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 2024, vol. 21, issue 3, 417-440

Abstract: The Chinese firefighting system has been transferred from military soldiers to professional civil servants since the 2018 institutional reform, and they have become a critical component of the newly established Department of Emergency Management. Studies on firefighters in China are limited, and this study can contribute to our understanding of the mental health and influencing mechanisms of emergency management workforces like firefighters, particularly in the context of institutional reform and a shortage of disaster workforce worldwide. This study investigates the associations between public service motivation (PSM), employee resilience, job satisfaction, depression and anxiety (DA) in firefighters. A questionnaire survey of 776 firefighters from two provinces, one from the north and the other from the south, was conducted. Chain-mediated regression models were used to analyze the associations. The results demonstrate that firefighters with more PSM have significantly lower depression and anxiety (beta = −0.215, p

Keywords: firefighter; public service motivation; depression; anxiety; employee resilience; job satisfaction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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