A comprehensive study, evaluation and comparison of factors which contribute to stress and resilience in junior and senior, male and female paramedics

Keegan, Tiernan (2025) A comprehensive study, evaluation and comparison of factors which contribute to stress and resilience in junior and senior, male and female paramedics. Undergraduate thesis, Dublin, National College of Ireland.

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Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between stress and resilience amongst four groups, junior and senior paramedics and male and female paramedics. The aim was to investigate if one gender experienced higher stress and resilience levels than the other and whether experience level impacts resilience or stress. A questionnaire was distributed to participants through their respective organisations. Forty-nine males and eleven females participated, specifically forty-two senior paramedics and eighteen junior participants. Results from the study indicated discrete differences between variability of stress and resilience amongst the subgroups. However, there was no statistically significant result for stress [P=.367] or resilience [P=.723] in this study. Future research would benefit from partial or full funding and obtaining an equal number of participants for each one of the subgroups in the study as ensuring that the distribution of participants is normal will ultimately improve the likelihood of producing a statistically significant result.

Item Type:	Thesis (Undergraduate)
Supervisors:	Name Email Cullen, Brendan UNSPECIFIED
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology R Medicine > Healthcare Industry R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA790 Mental Health B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology > Stress (Psychology) H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > Industrial Psychology > Workplace Stress
Divisions:	School of Business (- 2025) > BA (Honours) in Psychology
Depositing User:	Ciara O'Brien
Date Deposited:	17 Nov 2025 16:02
Last Modified:	17 Nov 2025 16:02
URI:	https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/8932

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