Emotional Wellbeing and Cognitive Appraisals Among Law Enforcement Exposed to Child Sexually Explicit Materials
Jennifer E. O’Brien,
Ateret Gewirtz-Meydan,
Kimberly J. Mitchell
Abstract:The cognitive appraisals of police investigators and forensic examiners working with child sexually explicit material (CSEM) may impact the level of distress they experience and its impact on holistic wellbeing. In the current study, we use an exploratory sequential mixed method design integrating quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Survey data were collected from 500 police investigators, forensic examiners, and others connected with the criminal justice system from across the United States; 258 of th… Show more
“…Further details of the sample are depicted in Table 1 . Additional manuscripts utilizing this data set are published 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 and differ from this study in their focus on different impacts of CSAM exposure.…”
“…Further details of the sample are depicted in Table 1 . Additional manuscripts utilizing this data set are published 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 and differ from this study in their focus on different impacts of CSAM exposure.…”
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