comparison of the effectiveness of resilience training and emotion regulation on psychological well-being and self-efficacy of firefighters

Background and objective: firefighters are at risk of mental health deterioration due to their stressful jobs, and psychological skills training plays a positive role in this regard. this study aimed to compare the effectiveness of resiliency training and emotion-regulation training on the psychological well-being and self-efficacy of firefighters. materials and methods: this was an experimental study with a multi-group pretest-posttest control group design. in autumn 2018, forty-five ardabil firefighters selected by simple random sampling were randomly assigned into three groups of resiliency-training (n=15), emotion-regulation-training (n=15), and control (n=15). all three groups completed the demographic questionnaire, ryff’s psychological well-being scale, and general self-efficacy scale (scherer et al., 1982) in the pre-test and post-test stages. the collected data were analysed using spss software (version16) through the analysis of covariance and bonferroni post hoc test. results: resiliency training and emotion-regulation had a significant effect on one’s psychological well-being and self-efficacy. the results of the post hoc test also indicated that the effectiveness of resiliency training and emotion-regulation on one’s self-efficacy was significantly different and resiliency training was more effective than emotion-regulation training. conclusions: resiliency training and emotion-regulation training were effective on the psychological well-being and self-efficacy of firefighters.