
CRISIS LAB
Clinical Research in Self-Injury and Suicide Lab

Are you a firefighter or emergency medical responder? We are conducting a research study that is seeking to better understand psychological risk and resilience factors that are unique to your role to better support and strengthen the health of first responders.
Firefighters and emergency medical responders are frequently exposed to a wide range of stressful events and critical incidents, and it is well known that first responders are often able to effectively cope with these events. Your responses will help us better understand what contributes to positive outcomes and help us develop more relevant and effective interventions to promote resilience and reduce the risk of common psychological disorders, like depression and PTSD. In short, we believe your insight will be important and help your fellow firefighters and emergency medical responders maintain long, healthy, and successful careers.
This study was developed and is managed by clinical psychology researchers at Seattle Pacific University. Your responses will be kept confidential and will NOT be shared with employers or peers. If you’re interested in participating, please review the consent form and complete a brief demographic questionnaire using the "I'm Interested" button.
Once you consent, you’ll be asked to complete a survey that should take no more than 45-minutes to complete (the average completion time is 37 minutes). By participating in this initial survey, you will have the chance to enter a gift card raffle where you can win one of five $50 Amazon gift cards. You will also have the ability to opt-in to receive any written reports developed based on your responses via email from the principal investigator, Ben Barnette.
If you are interested, we will also reach out to you at three additional times three, six, and twelve months from now. For each additional survey you complete, you will have the chance for an additional entry into a second raffle of five $50 Amazon gift cards. By completing all four surveys, you help us better understand how resilience and risk factors evolve over time for firefighters and emergency medical responders, which can inform how services are developed and implemented to support long, healthy, and sustainable careers.
If you have any questions, you can contact our study team at First.Responders.Crisis@spu.edu
SPU IRB#: 242502009