Greater perceived stress and lower self-regulation associated with substance use behaviors in a national sample of United States emergency medical service clinicians.

Enzo G. Plaitano, Jonathan R. Powell, Christopher B. Gage, Ashish R. Panchal, Madelyn R. Frumkin, Lisa A. Marsch +1 more

Background Emergency medical service (EMS) clinicians are first responders who can experience work-related stressors. Substances can be used as a coping strategy to manage stress. The ability to self-regulate motivation, cognition, and emotions may protect against substance use. Our objective was to examine the associations among stress, self-regulation, and substance use in EMS clinicians to identify potential ps…