The effect of stress inoculation on female lifeguards' state anxiety
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Abstract:
Introduction
Some occupations such as lifeguards are considered as stressful jobs because of the nature of the task that they do, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of the training of the stress inoculation on state anxiety and performance of female lifeguards.
Materials and Methods
This experimental study was done with pretest-posttest design with control group. The population of this research was active female lifeguards aged 25-30 years old in Isfahan. Then 30 lifeguards were selected as convenient and purposeful from the intended community and were divided randomly in two groups. The experimental group attended in stress inoculation training class for six 90-minute sessions and ultimately post-test was performed for two groups and data were analyzed using covariance test.
Results
The results revealed that stress inoculation training has reduced cognitive and somatic anxiety, anxiety significantly and improved lifeguards ‘confidence and performance (P<0.001).
Conclusion
Stress inoculation has reduced cognitive and somatic anxiety, anxiety and improved confidence. Therefore, participating in stress inoculation training classes is recommended to reduce lifeguards’ stress.
Language:
Persian
Published:
Journal of Fundamentals of Mental Health, Volume:19 Issue: 3, 2017
Pages:
184 to 193
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