| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Relationships between the mental health and neuropsychological indices of firefighters were investigated using longitudinal data collected in three waves. The results indicated an interaction between digit span backward scores assessed before the assignment and occupational stressors during the year after the assignment on traumatic stress symptoms and mental health a year after the assignment. This finding suggests that participants with high digit span backward scores before the assignment had less traumatic stress symptoms and mental health problems compared to those with low digit span backward scores, even if their occupational stressors increased a year after the assignment. Therefore, this neuropsychological index might be useful for predicting the mental health of firefighters. Moreover, the results of a longitudinal analysis on the mental health of newly recruited firefighters before-and-after the assignment indicated that ambiguous duties resulted in a reality shock.
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