Actualidades en Psicología ISSN Impreso: 0258-6444 ISSN electrónico: 2215-3535

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Training of Volunteers in Psychological First Aid and Coping Strategies
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Keywords

Psychological First Aid
Volunteers
Efficacy
Empathy
Coping Strategies
primera ayuda psicológica
voluntarios
empatía
estrategias de afrontamiento
Psychological First Aid
Volunteers
Efficacy
Empaty
Coping Strategies

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Becerra, L., Bail Pupko, V., Depaula, P., & Azzollini, S. (2021). Training of Volunteers in Psychological First Aid and Coping Strategies. Actualidades En Psicología, 35(131), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.15517/ap.v35i131.38911

Abstract

Objective. To analyze the effectiveness of volunteer and professional personnel who assist in emergencies (Volunteer Firefighters, Civil Defense, Red Cross) in a Psychological First Aid training program and its relationship with indicators of empathy and coping strategies. Method. A quantitative, comparative, and co-relational study was carried out with a sample of 198 volunteers belonging to institutions that intervene in emergencies. A simulation program on responses to victims of catastrophes was used, Interactive System in Psychological First Aid and the Coping Strategies Inventory. Results. Volunteers, who state that handle better stressful situations, achieve a more effective performance in the simulation program. The assessment of the context as threatening or indifferent impaired the execution of the proposed PFA protocol using software.

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