The role of Filipino masculine ideology on the adaptive coping, psychological wellbeing and vicarious trauma of first responders

• Main Authors: Agbayani, Bianca Eloise M, Villaflor, Pauline Isabel Aurora Trinidad M, Villaret, Nadine Pamela B, Hechanova, Ma. Regina
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2019
• Subjects: Masculinity; adaptive coping; first responders; well-being; vicarious trauma; Psychology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/105; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17542863.2018.1561736
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The exposure of first responders to emergencies and disaster puts them at high risk of experiencing vicarious trauma. First responders are typically male and literature suggests that a negative connotation of masculinity creates a stigma that leads to low help-seeking behaviour and poorer psychologi...