Journal article
Role Identity, Dissonance, and Distress among Paramedics
Abstract
Role identity theory describes the purpose and meaning in life that comes, in part, from occupying social roles. While robustly linked to health and wellbeing, this may become unideal when an individual is unable to fulfill the perceived requirements of an especially salient role in the manner that they believe they should. Amid high rates of mental illness among public safety personnel, we interviewed a purposely selected sample of 21 …
Authors
Mausz J; Donnelly EA; Moll S; Harms S; McConnell M
Journal
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 19, No. 4,
Publisher
MDPI
DOI
10.3390/ijerph19042115
ISSN
1661-7827