Psychological Disorders and Its Relationship with Job Dis-satisfaction among Correctional Officers

Oa, Sowunmi; Onifade, Peter Olutunde; Ogunwale, Adegboyega

doi:10.21767/2471-9854.100039

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“…It is not surprising, given the work characteristics noted above, that custodial officers experience a high prevalence of psychological distress (Lerman et al, 2021; Ricciardelli et al, 2022). Generalized anxiety disorder and major depression occur at greater rates in custodial officers than in the general population (Badru et al, 2018), with Sowunmi et al (2017) reporting that 26.7% of custodial officers in their sample had probable psychiatric morbidity. With regard to custodial work spillover in particular, there have been a number of studies finding consistent links between work-to-home conflict and depressive symptoms in custodial officers (Namazi et al, 2019; Obidoa et al, 2011).…”

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Shared Perceptions of Fatigue Management in Workgroups: A Cross-Level Moderator of the Negative Impact of Work Spillover on Custodial Officer Outcomes

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Jimmieson

Manchha

et al. 2023

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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Custodial officers perform unique and challenging work tasks making it a profession with predictable work-to-home spillover. Drawing on Spillover and Safety Climate theories, we hypothesized that work-to-home spillover would be associated with higher psychological distress, sleep disturbance, binge drinking, and commuting incidents, and that these individual-level effects would be buffered in workgroups with a shared perception that fatigue was managed well. Using a mixed-methods design, multilevel quantitative data (498 employees nested in 72 workgroups across 12 Australian prisons) and qualitative data (from 63 structured interviews) were collected. Results supported predicted main effects for psychological distress, sleep disturbance, and commuting incidents, and a cross-level buffering effect on the positive relationship between custodial work spillover and psychological distress that occurs when workgroups perceive their organization is managing fatigue well. We found qualitative support for relationships via the emergence of six themes including how custodial officers experience a collective sense of fatigue management.

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