Police stress: State-Trait Anxiety in relation to occupational and personal stressors

Storch, Jerome E.; Panzarella, Robert

doi:10.1016/0047-2352(95)00058-5

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“…Several studies have focused on the conflict created by competing expectations between the varying roles officers may play (Cain 1968;Yarmey 1990;Zellars et al 2001). Other researchers have focused specifically on the role conflict created by the police officers and the dissatisfaction with their administration (Jaramillo et al 2005;Lawrence 1984; Morash and Greene 1986;Storch and Panzarella 1996). Research has been conducted to explore the possible role conflict police officers face within the blue wall itself (Manning 1977;Van Maanen 1973).…”

Section: Review Of Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Police work is generally considered a stressful occupation (Anshell 2000;Lord et al 1991;Storch and Panzarella 1996;White et al 1985;Thompson et al 2005;Violanti and Aron 1995). Law enforcement is unique in that police officers are exposed to "acute stressors that most individuals do not face on the job, at least not with the same intensity or frequency" (Jaramillo et al 2005, p. 322).…”

Section: Police Stress and Role Conflictmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Toward a Balanced Approach: Defining Police Roles in Responding to Domestic Violence

2008

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Responding to domestic violence poses unique challenges to law enforcement officers. Prior research has focused on issues such as officer safety and arrest policies but overlooked a critical component-the officers' perception of their role in responding to domestic violence incidents. This study explores how police officers define their roles through the use of focus group interviews with detectives assigned to a domestic violence unit. Findings include the identification of three role perspectives. Recommendations for a more balanced approach of these role perspectives in responding to domestic violence crimes through the use of more effective training, supervision, and evaluation are proposed.

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Section: Review Of Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Police Stress and Role Conflictmentioning

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Toward a Balanced Approach: Defining Police Roles in Responding to Domestic Violence

2008

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“…As police use of force training also contains "hand-to-hand" combat techniques, it may be possible that the perceived improvement in self-protection skills may lead to reduced anxiety. However, several studies investigating state and trait anxiety of officers compared with adult normative samples (Newman & LeeAnne Rucker-Reed, 2004;Storch & Panzarella, 1996) showed no differences between the groups. Hence, the findings from this study contradict those from earlier works.…”

Section: Differences In State and Trait Anxietymentioning

confidence: 94%

Threat-Related Attentional Biases in Police Officers and Martial Artists: Investigating Potential Differences Using the E-Stroop and Dot Probe Task

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In this study, we investigated the possible development of threat-related attentional bias due to the work as a police officer. For this purpose, we compared four groups, differing with regard to their experience in policing and martial arts: (a) police officers with no experience in martial arts (n = 74), (b) martial artists (n = 50), (c) police officers with martial arts experience (n = 33), and (d) a control group (n = 48). Participants completed the Dot Probe Task, the Emotional Stroop Task, and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. The results on the Dot Probe and the Emotional Stroop Task showed that the groups did not differ with regard to threat-related attentional biases. However, the control group showed higher measures of trait anxiety compared with the other groups. The results are discussed in the light of police use of force and martial arts training, as well as with regard to optimizing psychological measures to capture functional threat-related attentional bias.

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“…Drawing from scales created by Spielberger et al (1981) [note, these scales have been used previously to examine police stress, see Storch and Panzarella 1996;Tang and Hammontree 1992;Thomas-Riddle 1999;Violanti and Aron 1994; a modified version of these scales has been used in probation officer stress research, see Slate et al (2003); Wells et al (2006);Whisler 1994], four stress scales were utilized as independent variables. These respective subscales assessed stress that was job or task related, external to the organization, internal to the agency, and personal in nature.…”

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Police Stress: A Structural Model

Slate

Johnson

Colbert

2007

J Police Crim Psych

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A number of existing studies have identified various factors that contribute to stress among police officers. This analysis is unique among these insofar as it employs structural equation modeling to specify, in path model format, the influence of participation in workplace decision-making and other variables on employee stress levels. The findings of this analysis provide new as well as confirmatory statistical evidence regarding the mitigating and direct effects of certain variables on physical stress. This study poses important implications by lending itself to meaningful future comparative research across occupations such as corrections and probation / parole.

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Police stress: State-Trait Anxiety in relation to occupational and personal stressors

Cited by 78 publications

References 14 publications

Toward a Balanced Approach: Defining Police Roles in Responding to Domestic Violence

Toward a Balanced Approach: Defining Police Roles in Responding to Domestic Violence

Threat-Related Attentional Biases in Police Officers and Martial Artists: Investigating Potential Differences Using the E-Stroop and Dot Probe Task

Police Stress: A Structural Model

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