Background: Although studies have assessed the impact of occupational risk factors on the health of law enforcement officers (LEO’s), few have involved (LEO’s) as informants in ways that allow their points of view to be heard directly. Thus, the objective of this study is to explore the occupational health, safety, and wellness (OHSW) concerns of (LEO’s). Methods: (LEO’s) working in Quebec, Canada were invited to answer an open-ended question regarding their OHSW concerns. Using a multi-stage content analysis, the collected answers were analyzed and coded by two members of the research team to identify the most recurrent concerns of (LEO’s). Findings: Five themes relating to the OHSW concerns of (LEO’s) were identified, namely, the work schedule, occupational stress, work equipment, workplace health promotion, and operational risks. Furthermore, our analyses highlighted differences in the concerns of (LEO’s) based on their level of experience and sex. Conclusions/Application to Practice: This study addresses a gap in the literature on the OHSW concerns from the perspective of (LEO’s). Overall, our results support that the work schedule and occupational stress associated with law enforcement are the two most recurrent concerns of (LEO’s). Thus, the results of this study further stress the need for police organizations to implement strategies and policies, which could mitigate the deleterious effects of these hazards on the overall wellness of (LEO’s).

Cet article décrit l’utilisation de la méthodologie de la théorisation enracinée, comme l’ont conceptualisée Glaser et Strauss (1967), dans une étude portant sur des représentations sociales. Plus spécifiquement, nous entendons illustrer comment une approche inductive qui encourage la mise à distance temporaire des écrits connus a permis de faire émerger les représentations socialement partagées à propos du leadership féminin sous un angle nouveau. Ces analyses ont été réalisées lors d’une recherche visant la description et la compréhension des fonctions des représentations sociales chez une population de femmes reconnues comme faisant preuve de leadership. L’analyse des données recueillies au moyen d’entretiens individuels semi-dirigés auprès de vingt femmes considérées comme des leaders a permis l’exploration de trois types de représentations du leadership : les représentations de la femme leader, celle du leader idéal et les représentations biographiques du leadership.

This study examines the narratives of children victims of sexual abuse. Specifically, our objective was to explore how sixteen children aged six to eight use language during their investigative interview to avoid mentioning the sexual acts they suffered. One way to silence these acts is the introduction into their discourse of temporal gaps in the description of the event, a phenomenon known as narrative ellipses. Our analyses indicate that the ellipses observed generally relate to the most severe sexual acts or those that the victims have been le d to perform towards the perpetrator. This result suggests that some victims introduce temporal gaps in their discourse to avoid mentioning theparts of the assault that they do not want to address.