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To identify demographic, personality, and economic correlates influencing work injury frequency and duration among firefighters.

Correlates of work injury frequency and duration among firefighters.

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To identify demographic, personality, and economic correlates influencing work injury frequency and duration among firefighters.
Examined correlates of workplace injuries among 171 firefighters over 12 years
Used Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) scales to analyze personality traits
Performed regression analyses to predict injury duration based on various factors.
Female firefighters experienced a higher frequency of injuries than male firefighters
Significant MMPI personality traits positively correlated with injury frequency included Conversion Hysteria, Psychopathic Deviate, and Social Introversion
Age, tenure, gender, marital status, injury type, and wage were significant predictors of injury duration.

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Examines injury correlates among firefighters, revealing essential factors influencing injury frequency and duration.

Liao et al. (2001) studied this question.

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