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Psychiatry"],"abstract":"<jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Introduction<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this brief research report, we postulated that operations involving children can increase stress for first responders. Here, a traffic accident in which a mother and her child were fatally wounded was investigated. We postulated that firefighters with children and firefighters without pre-training experience would experience greater psychological impact when responding to this incident.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      All firefighters who responded to the incident could participate voluntarily. Participants (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a049) were categorized by parental status (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a024 parents;\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a025 non-parents) and pre-deployment training (yes:\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a025; no:\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a022) and analyzed using a factorial design including deployment exposure. The design permitted examination of family-related factors and preparatory training effects. Alongside sociodemographic data, the following data were collected: quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF), anger (STAXI-2), post-traumatic stress disorder (PCL-5) and daytime sleepiness (ESS).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Firefighters with children reported lower environmental quality of life (F(1,45) = 4.27,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0= .045) and physical quality of life (F(1,45) = 4.11,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0= .049). Significant interaction effects between parental status and deployment exposure were observed for temperament (F(1,44) = 5.83,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0= .020). Pre-deployment training was associated with lower temperament (F(1,40) = 9.26,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0= .004) and anger expression-out (F(1,41) = 11.99,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0= .001). Deployment exposure alone showed no independent effects.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The psychological consequences of critical events appear to be influenced more by individual characteristics and preparation than by exposure alone. 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