Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ470224
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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The Relationship between Coping Strategies and Perceived Stress in Telephone Intervention Volunteers at a Suicide Prevention Center.
Mishara, Brian L.; Giroux, Guy
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, v23 n3 p221-29 Fall 1993
Examined stress perceived by telephone intervention volunteers (N=80) at suicide prevention center. Only amount of experience in telephone intervention with suicidal persons predicted stress level before shift. Stress during high-urgency call was related to level of urgency of call; total length of all calls received; and coping mechanisms of magical thinking, detachment, and feeling personally responsible. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Coping, Foreign Countries, Hotlines (Public), Intervention, Prevention, Stress Variables, Suicide, Volunteers
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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