Mental Health and Well-Being among Children of Public Safety Personnel in Canada

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dc.contributor.authorStelnicki, Andrea, M.
dc.contributor.authorJamshidi, Laleh
dc.contributor.authorTaillieu, Tamara
dc.contributor.authorCarleton, R. Nicholas
dc.contributor.authorAfifi, Tracie, O.
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-03T16:22:11Z
dc.date.available2023-03-03T16:22:11Z
dc.date.issued2022-10-28
dc.description© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).en_US
dc.description.abstractPublic safety personnel (PSP) often experience stress due to their occupational demands that affect the family environment (e.g., work-family conflict, marital breakdown, disruption to home routines, and holidays). A substantial base of research has focused on the impact of PSP work on the marital relationship, but fewer studies have focused specifically on children’s functioning within PSP families. The current study investigated mental health, well-being, and functioning among children of PSP in Canada, as reported by PSP. Data were collected between 2016 and 2017 as part of a large pan-Canadian study of PSP. Participants (n = 2092; 72.5% women) were PSP parents who responded to questions about their 4- to 17-year-old children. Overall, a substantial proportion of PSP parents reported their children have at least some difficulties with sadness (15.4%), worries and fear (22.0%), disobedience or anger (22.0%), attention (21.0%), and friendships (11.4%). Firefighters reported the fewest problems among their children compared to other PSP groups. Almost 40% of participants indicated that their child’s problems were related to their work as a PSP. The results highlight the need to find ways to identify children that are struggling and provide support to those families. Organizations and PSP leadership should develop and prioritize efforts to support families of PSP members, with the likely outcome of enhancing PSP member well-being.en_US
dc.description.authorstatusFacultyen_US
dc.description.peerreviewyesen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was supported by the Canadian Institute of Public Safety Research and Treatment (CIPSRT) and the Canadian Institute of Research in Health (CIHR). Specifically, R. N. Carleton’s Research was supported by the CIHR through a New Investigator Award (FRN: 285489) and a Catalyst Grant (FRN: 162545).en_US
dc.identifier.citationStelnicki, A. M., Jamshidi, L., Taillieu, T. L., Carleton, R. N., & Afifi, T. O. (2022). Mental Health and Well-Being Among Children of Public Safety Personnel in Canada. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 14030. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114030en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114030
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10294/15823
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Instituteen_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectpublic safety personnelen_US
dc.subjectfamiliesen_US
dc.subjectmental healthen_US
dc.subjectchild well-beingen_US
dc.titleMental Health and Well-Being among Children of Public Safety Personnel in Canadaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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