Ankle Sprains Risk Factors in a Sample of French Firefighters: A Preliminary Prospective Study.

Context: Firefighters participating in mandatory physical exercise sessions are exposed to a high risk of ankle sprain injury. Although both physiological and psychological risk factors have been identified, few prospective studies considered the complex interaction of these factors in firefighters.

Objective: To prospectively determine whether intrinsic physical risk factors and work-related environments predict ankle sprains occurring during on-duty physical exercise in firefighters during an 8-month follow-up period.

Effects of implicit theories of ability and stereotype-inconsistent information on handgrip strength in older adults: A regulatory fit perspective.

This study examined whether stereotype-inconsistent information interacts with implicit theories of ability to affect handgrip strength in older adults. Eighty-two retired older adults (13 men and 69 women) from 61 to 89 years old (M = 75.8 years; SD = 6.

The Big Five Personality Traits and French Firefighter Burnout: The Mediating Role of Achievement Goals.

Objectives: We investigated the associations between the Big Five personality traits and occupational burnout in firefighters and the mediating role of achievement goals in this relationship.

Methods: Two hundred twenty male firefighters from 20 to 62 years old participated and mediation analyses were performed.

Results: The results showed that neuroticism was positively related to the three dimensions of burnout, both directly and through mastery avoidance goals.

Physical exercise and burnout facets predict injuries in a population-based sample of French career firefighters.

Although firefighting is known to engender a high rate of injury, few studies have examined the contribution of physical exercise, burnout and coping strategies to firefighting-related injuries. Data were collected from a population-based sample of 220 male firefighters. In a descriptive study, the nature and site of the injuries and the relationships among firefighter injuries, physical exercise, burnout and coping strategies were examined.