While extensive research has highlighted the positive mental health outcomes associated with mindfulness, little work has examined how mindfulness may protect the mental health of first responders exposed to trauma. This is important as there is increasing evidence that mindfulness skills, if protective, can be taught to groups of at-risk workers. The purpose of the current research was to examine the potential role mindfulness may have in supporting the mental health of Australian fire fighters. The sample consisted of 114 professional fire fighters who completed demographic and job-related questions followed by measures of mindfulness (FMI-14), well-being (WHO-5), depression (HADS-D) and anxiety (HADS-A). Hierarchical multiple linear regressions were performed to determine whether levels of mindfulness were associated with anxiety, depression and wellbeing after accounting for age and number of years of fire service. High levels of mindfulness were associated with decreased depression (p ≤ .001) and anxiety (p ≤ .001) as well as increased psychological well-being (p ≤ .001). Measures of mindfulness were able to explain a substantial amount of the variability in well-being (26.8%), anxiety (23.6%) and depression (22.4%), regardless of age and years of fire service. The present study provides evidence for robust associations between dispositional mindfulness and mental health markers of depression, anxiety and well-being in Australian fire fighters recently exposed to trauma. Mindfulness is a psychological characteristic that may be able to be modified, although further research is required to substantiate these findings and to formally test mindfulness interventions. Such studies would allow greater insight into the underlying mechanisms through which mindfulness may exert its beneficial effects.

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澳大利亚消防员的心理健康和正念

尽管广泛的研究强调了与正念相关的积极的心理健康结果，但很少有工作研究正念如何保护遭受创伤的急救人员的心理健康。这一点很重要，因为越来越多的证据表明，正念技巧（如果有保护作用）可以教给高风险工人群体。当前研究的目的是检验正念在支持澳大利亚消防员心理健康方面的潜在作用。样本由114名专业消防员组成，他们完成了人口统计学和与工作相关的问题，然后进行了正念（FMI-14），幸福感（WHO-5），抑郁（HADS-D）和焦虑（HADS-A）的测量。进行了分层多元线性回归，以确定正念水平是否与焦虑有关，在考虑了消防服务的年龄和年限后的抑郁和健康状况。高水平的正念与抑郁症（p≤.001）和焦虑症（p≤.001）的减少以及心理健康的增加（p≤.001）有关。正念测验能够解释大量的幸福感（26.8％），焦虑症（23.6％）和抑郁症（22.4％）的差异，无论年龄和服役年限如何。本研究为最近遭受创伤的澳大利亚消防员的性格正念与抑郁，焦虑和福祉的心理健康标志之间的牢固关联提供了证据。正念是可以改变的心理特征，尽管需要进一步的研究来证实这些发现并正式测试正念干预措施。