Zasoby w relacji stresory – jakość życia strażaków

Abstract

The aim of this paper is the description of direct relationships between selected work stressors and the sense of firefighters’ quality of life, as well as the analysis of the role of two variables mediating in this relationship. One is social support - the moderator, the other is sense of locus of control - the mediator. Czapiński’s "onion" theory of happiness and ID-R model were the theoretical base to generate research problems and hypotheses. The received results confirm a direct negative relationship of stressors (interpersonal conflicts, quantitative workload and organizational constraints) and a positive relationship of perceived support and the sense of quality of life. As expected, in the relationship stressors - sense of quality of life, the support turned out to be the moderator and the sense of locus of control the mediator. This paper discusses the circumstances of the moderator and mediator effect.