Daily Dynamics of Stress in Canadian Paramedics and Their Spouses

............................................................................................................................ ii PREFACE ............................................................................................................................... iii TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................v LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................ vii LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................................................. viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................................................. ix DEDICATION..........................................................................................................................x CHAPTER 1: General Introduction ......................................................................................1 1.1 Stress and Coping ...........................................................................................................6 1.2 Stress Transmission and Contagion ................................................................................8 1.3 The Interpersonal Context of Stress and Coping ..........................................................11 1.4 The Role of Personality in Stress and Coping .............................................................16 1.5 Daily Process Methods .................................................................................................17 1.6 Overview of the Dissertation .......................................................................................18 CHAPTER 2: How Was Your Day? The Daily Transmission of Work Stress in Paramedics and their Spouses ..............................................................................................20 2.1 Methods.........................................................................................................................28 2.2 Analyses and Results ....................................................................................................35 2.3 Discussion .....................................................................................................................41 CHAPTER 3: From the Frying Pan to the Fire: Neuroticism and the Impact of Occupational Burnout on Day-to-Day Marital Tension ....................................................53 3.1 Methods.........................................................................................................................59 3.2 Results ...........................................................................................................................65 3.3 Discussion .....................................................................................................................69