Note
Authors affiliated with Université du Québec à Montréal, Centre de recherche Fernand-Séguin de l'Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine, Université de Montréal.
"This publication is a translation of the French original; only the original version (R-710) is authoritative."
Summary
"The purpose of this research project was to arrive at a better understanding of the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following a work-related accident by studying the associated risk and protective factors. The project originated with a request from the police, as officers are often exposed to traumatic events (TEs). The researchers worked on the hypothesis that peri- and posttraumatic factors could better explain the development of PTSD and workers’ ability to cope with TEs than pretraumatic factors. This study is original in that it focuses on little-researched protective factors, distinguishes three types of factors (pre-, peri- and posttraumatic) and concerns Quebec police officers." -- Page iii.