Psychological and social risks arising from professional practice among civil protection in-tervention agents of the main unit in Laghouat

Abstract

The study aims to reveal the prevalence of psychosocial risks among civil protection intervention workers at the main unit in Laghouat, and to identify some of their dimensions and their relationship to certain personal and professional variables such as age, marital status, and seniority. To achieve the study objectives, the researcher designed a psychosocial risk questionnaire and applied it to a sample of (50) workers randomly selected from among the civil protection intervention workers at the main unit in Laghouat. The study results were as follows:

- Psychological risks are more prevalent among intervention workers in their dimensions (occupational anxiety, depression, and traumatic thoughts).

- There are no differences in exposure to psychosocial risks among intervention workers attributable to the variables of marital status, age, and seniority.