Modeling job stress among police officers: interplay of work environment, counseling support, and family discussion with co-workers

Tsai, Lily Chi-Fang; Nolasco, Claire Angelique; Vaughn, Michael S.

doi:10.1080/15614263.2017.1342091

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“…For example, the availability of social support (e.g., supervisory, colleagues, counseling, family, etc.) may be a moderator, which serves to mitigate the effects of stress on health-related outcomes among police officers (e.g., Tsai et al , 2017). As a second example, officers' coping strategies (e.g., avoidant vs. effective coping strategies) may be related to their sense of stress and health-related concerns (e.g., Gershon et al , 2009).…”

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The role of job stress and burnout on health-related problems in the Trinidad and Tobago police service

Baek

Choi

Seepersad

2021

PIJPSM

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PurposeThe police in Trinidad experience extremely stressful job conditions (e.g., elevated rates of violent crime, the rapid spread of organized crime, financial constraints, and staff shortages) which could lead to health-related problems. The purpose of the current study is to examine the relationship between job stress and health-related problems and to determine whether burnout mediates this relationship. Data from police officers in Trinidad was used to test these relationships.Design/methodology/approachUsing self-report questionnaires from all eight police station districts in Trinidad (N = 331 police officers), this study conducted structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine the relationship between job stress, burnout and health-related problems.FindingsThe results indicated that officers' job stress increased their burnout and health-related problems. As the authors expected, officers' burnout, served as a mediating variable between job stress and health-related problems. In other words, job-related stress can lead to burnout, which in turn, leads to health-related problems.Research limitations/implicationsDespite meaningful findings, a few limitations (e.g., measurement issues and missing values) were present in this study.Originality/valuePolicing studies have paid less attention to Caribbean policing. Findings in this study have implications for addressing officers' health-related problems.

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The role of job stress and burnout on health-related problems in the Trinidad and Tobago police service

Baek

Choi

Seepersad

2021

PIJPSM

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“…Haider and Saha distinguish peer support and other forms of social support in that the source of support is a peer, a person who shares similarities with the beneficiary of the support and their association is one of equality. In the police, therefore, peer support offers officers the opportunity to talk with someone who understands their line of work and the associated challenges that come with it [32]. According to Papazoglou and Tuttle [9], peers can be used to train their fellow officers on self-efficacy.…”

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Assessment of the Effectiveness of Guidance and Counselling Establishment Programme on Administration Police Officers’ Self Efficacy in Nairobi County, Kenya

Muthondeki¹,

Musita²

2021

EJSOCIAL

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Police officers in many countries face a myriad of social, psychological, and occupational challenges in their line of duty which has a significant effect on their mental health; Kenya is no exception. The Administration Police Service established a guidance and counselling programme to address the said challenges. This study, sought to assess the effectiveness of the Guidance and Counselling programme on Administration Police (AP) officers’ self-efficacy. The study was guided by the Self-efficacy theory by Albert Bandura and the Well-being theory by Martin Seligman. The study adopted the ex-post-facto research design. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 367 participants from a total population of 7,404 AP officers while 20 key informants were purposively sampled. The study utilized both qualitative and quantitative methods in data collection. The study revealed that though the APS offers peer counselling services to its officers, these services were not effective in training self-efficacy among AP officers. Additionally, it was established that the individual counselling services offered to AP officers were not effective in enhancing the officers’ self-efficacy in the delivery of service. The study recommends the introduction of incentives for officers to encourage them to seek professional guidance and counselling training; decentralization of the APS guidance and counselling services up to the County level; employment of professional counsellors to cater for the counselling needs of the APS; the continuous awareness training of the officers on the existence of the Guidance and Counselling programme within the APS; and, provision of environments where officer counsellors can share experiences, exchange ideas and have professional and intellectual discourses.

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“…Karasek (2008) defined job control or job decision latitude as one's ability to control one's activities and skill usage. A few studies (e.g., Lord 1996;Tsai et al 2018) have shown that police officers with more control over their work had higher stress. However, most studies show the opposite.…”

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Who Gets Burnout and When? The Role of Personality, Job Control, and Organizational Identification in Predicting Burnout Among Police Officers

Bhowmick

Mulla

2020

J Police Crim Psych

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Burnout is found to negatively impact the quality of life of professionals working in the human service industries. By studying 152 police officers in Kolkata, India, we explore what contributes to burnout, and in which context burnout can be reduced or increased. We have focused on the relationship between personality and burnout, and examined the relationship between different job aspects, like job control and organizational identification with burnout. Results indicate that certain personality traits like agreeableness and conscientiousness significantly predict personal accomplishment, while neuroticism predicts emotional exhaustion. Low job control was related with increased emotional exhaustion, and higher level of identification with organization was related with increased sense of personal accomplishment.

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Modeling job stress among police officers: interplay of work environment, counseling support, and family discussion with co-workers

Cited by 25 publications

References 75 publications

The role of job stress and burnout on health-related problems in the Trinidad and Tobago police service

The role of job stress and burnout on health-related problems in the Trinidad and Tobago police service

Assessment of the Effectiveness of Guidance and Counselling Establishment Programme on Administration Police Officers’ Self Efficacy in Nairobi County, Kenya

Who Gets Burnout and When? The Role of Personality, Job Control, and Organizational Identification in Predicting Burnout Among Police Officers

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