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Public Safety Personnel Family Resilience: A Narrative Review

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  • Marilyn Cox

    (Department of Family Studies & Gerontology, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS B3M 2J6, Canada)

  • Deborah Norris

    (Department of Family Studies & Gerontology, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS B3M 2J6, Canada)

  • Heidi Cramm

    (School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada)

  • Rachel Richmond

    (School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada)

  • Gregory S. Anderson

    (Faculty of Science, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC V2C 0C8, Canada)

Abstract

The families of public safety personnel (PSP) face demands that are unique to these occupations. Nonstandard work, trauma exposure, and dangerous work environments affect both workers and the families who support them. This narrative review aims to identify the stressors that PSP families experience and the support and resources needed to enhance family resilience. Due to a lack of research on PSP families, this review is a necessary first step to summarizing and interpreting a diverse body of research. The studies included addressed structural and emotional work-family conflict with reference to PSP sectors. A framework from the military family resiliency literature interprets the findings. Factors influencing family functioning and the availability and accessibility of resources provide clues about the type of skills and supports that PSP families rely on. Meaning-making, collaboration, a sense of coherence, and communication were identified as themes associated with intrafamilial processes. Extrafamilial themes included public perceptions, a lack of recognition for the roles families fulfill, and the need for information and education. The results suggest that the vulnerability of PSP families is variable and extrafamilial resources in the form of formal and informal supports are necessary to enhance family resiliency.

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  • Marilyn Cox & Deborah Norris & Heidi Cramm & Rachel Richmond & Gregory S. Anderson, 2022. "Public Safety Personnel Family Resilience: A Narrative Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(9), pages 1-29, April.
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