Abstract
This study examined whether firefighters' trust beliefs in co-workers were associated with their psychosocial adjustment and burnout. In the study, 102 firefighters completed measures of trust beliefs in co-workers (honesty, reliability and emotional), psychosocial adjustment, (stress, psychological well-being), and years of service (as an index of burn-out). It was found that firefighters' honesty, reliability, and emotional trust beliefs in co-workers were associated with measures of psychosocial adjustment. Regression analyses confirmed that the firefighters' reliability trust beliefs in co-workers were negatively associated with stress. Also, firefighters' honesty trust beliefs in co-workers were negatively associated with years-of-service which was associated with stress. The findings supported the conclusion that firefighters' trust beliefs in co-workers played a role in psychosocial adjustment and yearsof-service burnout.
