Associations of experiential avoidance with burnout, wellbeing, and productivity loss among police officers: The mediating role of negative and positive affect

Mojallal, Mahsa; Simons, Raluca M.; Quevillon, Randal P.; Hatwan, Mason L.

doi:10.1002/jclp.23371

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“…This has been translated to a growing interest in the scientific community to characterize and alleviate the impact of well-known stressors specific to this occupation (Craddock and Telesco 2022;Syed et al 2020;Violanti 2010;Violanti et al 2017). Moreover, this exposure has been linked in the minority to high-risk alcohol consumption, substance abuse, and other maladaptive coping behaviors through its impact on physical and emotional exhaustion, organizational stressors, and work-family conflict (Civilotti et al 2021;Kaplan et al 2020;Mojallal et al 2022;Rehder et al 2021;Syed et al 2020;Violanti et al 2017;Werner-de-Sondberg et al 2021). Despite being a minority, the consequences in mental health and general well-being are significant, which should not minimize the clinical and scientific efforts to implement suitable solutions.…”

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Resilience Training Programs with Police Forces: A Systematic Review

Moreno,

Karanika-Murray,

Batista

et al. 2024

J Police Crim Psych

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Through the course of their career, it is expected that police officers are exposed to stressful and emotionally challenging environments, which, combined with well-known organizational and occupational stressors, makes this professional class vulnerable to several psychological and medical conditions. In recent years, there has been a growing interest in developing intervention programs that seek to minimize the impact of the changing nature of police work within a changing society and promote skills that enable police officers to deal more effectively with the current and future challenges. Therefore, the aim of this review is to systematize resilience training intervention programs and characterize their format, content, and efficacy. For that purpose, we searched four databases for resilience programs delivered to the police. We reached a final sample of 32 articles from a total of 550 published studies. The articles considered were divided into three main groups: mindfulness-based resilience interventions (n = 13), neurobiological-based resilience interventions (n = 13), and other resilience training interventions that did not fit in the previous categories (n = 6). There was much inter-intervention variability, mainly concerning their structure and approach. However, the intervention programs were relatively uniform in the topics covered, such as psychoeducation, police scenario simulation, and debriefing. Nonetheless, most studies found positive outcomes on the variables of interest, predominantly clinical and performance indicators (e.g., stress, anxiety, decision-making). Subsequent research endeavors could aim to determine the most reliable measure outcome measures for resilience variables and intervention efficacy, as alongside identifying pivotal occupational factors crucial to a robust and impactful resilience intervention.

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Resilience Training Programs with Police Forces: A Systematic Review

Moreno,

Karanika-Murray,

Batista

et al. 2024

J Police Crim Psych

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Examining Potential Psychological Protective and Risk Factors for Stress and Burnout in Social Workers

Maddock

2024

Clin Soc Work J

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Social work professionals experience high levels of stress and burnout. Stress and burnout can have a negative impact on the individual social worker, the organisations they work for, and perhaps most importantly, the quality of care that marginalised groups that are supported by social workers receive. Several work-related predictors of stress and burnout have been identified; however, no studies have examined the underlying psychological protective and risk factors which might help to explain changes in social worker stress and burnout. Using the clinically modified Buddhist psychological model (CBPM) as a theoretical framework, this cross-sectional study attempted to identify psychological protective and risk factors for stress and burnout in 121 social workers in Northern Ireland, using structural equation modelling, and conditional process analyses. This study provided promising preliminary evidence for a mediated effect CBPM as being a potentially useful explanatory framework of variation in social worker stress, emotional exhaustion, and depersonalisation. This study also provided evidence that several CBPM domains could have a direct effect on personal accomplishment. This study provides preliminary evidence that support programmes, which have the capacity to improve each CBPM domain (mindfulness, acceptance, attention regulation/decentering, self-compassion, non-attachment, and non-aversion) and reduce experiences of worry and rumination, are likely to support social workers to experience reduced stress, emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation of service users, and improvements in personal accomplishment.

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