Stress begets distress: the association of job stress with psychological distress among prison police officers

Psychology Crime and Law, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 19

Опубликована: Фев. 11, 2024

In comparison to other professions, prison police officers encounter elevated levels of job-related stress and a greater prevalence mental health problems. This study seeks investigate how among guards related their psychological distress, significant indicator concerns. Taking resource-based perspective, this presents cross-level moderated mediation model explore the underlying mechanism stress-distress relationship. Multi-level multi-timepoint data were gathered from 306 male who organized into 54 teams within single located in Jiangxi Province, China. The findings indicate that is positively associated with distress. More specifically, was found lead distress by increasing rumination decreasing resilience guards. Nevertheless, no evidence support moderating effect perceived organizational (POS). These can contribute better understanding relationship between health, offering valuable insights for development interventions correctional facilities. limited uniqueness participant group, underscoring need future research validate these diverse populations.

Язык: Английский

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Beyond workplace violence: Direct and vicarious trauma among psychiatric hospital workers. A qualitative study

Journal of Nursing Management, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 30(6), С. 1482 - 1489

Опубликована: Июль 13, 2021

We aimed to explore psychiatric nurses' and other workers' understanding of trauma in the context their relationships with people they care for effects on mental health.Workplace violence hospitals can lead health problems, including posttraumatic stress disorder. Professional may complicate experiences trauma.We qualitatively analysed responses 30 workers who answered relevant open-ended questions a survey workplace disorder symptoms.We found that respondents were profoundly affected by vicarious through current previous suffering care. The exposure potentially psychologically traumatic events often made worse lack organizational support.Not only direct violent but also indirect exposure, perceived support affect staff's well-being.Management should ensure supports are not limited directly extend those witnessed event regularly exposed trauma.

Язык: Английский

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Barriers to help-seeking among correction officers: examining the influence of institutional culture and structure

Criminal Justice Studies, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 34(4), С. 423 - 440

Опубликована: Окт. 2, 2021

Correction officers experience a challenging work environment that increases the risk of encountering violence, physical danger, and traumatic events such as inmate violence potential assaults by inmates. The demanding climate can lead to stress mental health concerns. However, are reluctant seek help for their own concerns avoid employer provided services, including peer-to-peer support units. This study seeks explore underlying institutional barriers help-seeking among correction officers. Content analysis is applied qualitative data from 42 semi-structured interviews with family members friends who died suicide 395 working state department corrections answering open-ended questions. Two overarching themes emerged within these were series subthemes revealing Institutional culture centers around stigma related hypermasculinity perpetuated in environment. structure contains organization, confidentiality, punitive responses subthemes. Correctional settings could benefit reducing encouraged hypermasculinity, restructuring organizational hierarchies, enforcing creating supportive environments

Язык: Английский

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Understanding and Addressing Occupational Stressors in Internet-Delivered Therapy for Public Safety Personnel: A Qualitative Analysis

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 19(8), С. 4744 - 4744

Опубликована: Апрель 14, 2022

Internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT) is effective when tailored to meet the needs of public safety personnel (PSP). Nevertheless, there limited research on nature occupational stressors faced by PSP who seek ICBT and how use address stressors. We provided (N = 126; 54% women) conducted a qualitative content analysis clinicians' eligibility screening notes, clients' emails, survey responses understand their such Clients described several stressors, including operational (e.g., potentially psychologically traumatic events sleep/shiftwork issues) organizational issues with leadership, resources, workload). More clients shared concerns during process (97%) than treatment (58%). The most frequently cited stressor was exposure events. reported using course skills controlled breathing graduated exposure) manage responding calls, workplace conflict, work-family conflict). Thought challenging strategy used current results provide insights into experience endeavor ICBT, which can inform further efforts tailor for adapting materials examples take account these stressors).

Язык: Английский

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Differences in Mental Health, Help-Seeking and Barriers to Care Between Civilians and Sworn Members Working in Law Enforcement: A Research Note

Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 36(3), С. 627 - 633

Опубликована: Фев. 27, 2021

Abstract Recent Canadian research indicates 44.5% of public safety personnel (PSP) self-report symptoms consistent with at least one type mental disorder; however, researchers have typically not focused on the wellness civilians working within PSP sectors. Given that number in law enforcement organizations has doubled since 2003, more than 30% all police Canada being civilians, is needed to support this understudied sub-population enforcement. The current study used a survey compare civilian members ( n = 80) and sworn 112) officers organization issues regarding disorders, perceived barriers care help-seeking behaviours. Results indicate high prevalence disorders lower resilience compared same organization. Civilians reported similar accessing health but were less likely willingness access supports their place employment. Our results need for equitable resources staff organizations.

Язык: Английский

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Mental health of public safety personnel: Developing a model of operational, organizational, and personal factors in public safety organizations

Frontiers in Public Health, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 11

Опубликована: Март 2, 2023

The work of public safety personnel (PSP) such as police officers, firefighters, correctional and paramedics, well other PSP, makes them vulnerable to psychological injuries, which can have profound impacts on their families the communities they serve. A multitude complex operational, organizational, personal factors contribute mental health PSP; however, date approach research community has been largely explore these separately or within single PSP professions. To date, employers predominantly focused addressing aspects through resiliency stress management interventions. However, increasing number injuries among PSPs compounding stressors COVID-19 pandemic demonstrate a need for new study health. following paper discusses importance adopting broader conceptual proposes novel model that highlights consider combined TRi-Operational-Organizational-Personal Factor Model (TROOP) depicts key three large pieces larger puzzle is TROOP gives working language organizations, leaders, researchers broadly work.

Язык: Английский

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Online Canadian police recruitment videos: do they focus on factors that potential employees consider when making career decisions?

Police Practice and Research, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 22(6), С. 1585 - 1602

Опубликована: Янв. 7, 2021

Given their potential to reach a large audience, online recruitment videos are likely useful way for police services recruit applicants. To increase the likelihood of people applying, these should focus on issues employees consider when making career decisions. A literature review revealed six job factors that contemplating career. coding framework focusing (and respective sub-categories) was developed and applied all available created by Canadian policing organizations (N = 37). The dictionary could be reliably it only 23% emerged from addressed in they are, not particularly salient. Ways using this study develop more effective, data-driven, discussed.

Язык: Английский

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The Experience of Key Stakeholders During the Implementation and Use of Trauma Therapy via Digital Health for Military, Veteran, and Public Safety Personnel: Qualitative Thematic Analysis

JMIR Formative Research, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 5(8), С. e26369 - e26369

Опубликована: Июль 7, 2021

Background Exposure to occupational stressors and potentially psychologically traumatic events experienced by public safety personnel (eg, paramedics, police, fire, correctional officers), military members, veterans can lead the development of posttraumatic stress injuries other mental health disorders. Providing emergency services during COVID-19 has intensified challenges. Owing restrictions, service providers offering support these populations have had rapidly pivot use digital versus in-person methods delivery. Objective This paper aims explore experience regarding delivery, including current state barriers facilitators for delivery pandemic, recommendations implementing integrating into regular Methods embedded mixed-methods study included questionnaires focus groups with key stakeholders (N=31) knowledge in providing services. Data analysis descriptive, quantitative, qualitative thematic analyses. Results The following three themes emerged: being forced change, daring deliver using health, future possibilities offered health. In each theme, participants’ responses reflected their perceptions providers, organizations, clients. findings offer considerations whom at what point treatment is appropriate; training, support, resources, guidelines digitally delivering trauma therapy; a better understanding factors influencing providers’ acceptance Conclusions results indicate implementation personnel, veterans. As pandemic continues, remote therapy are urgently needed well-being those who served continue serve.

Язык: Английский

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Putative risk and resiliency factors among Royal Canadian Mounted Police cadets

Frontiers in Psychology, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 14

Опубликована: Март 15, 2023

Mental health disorders are prevalent among active-duty Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers. The current study was designed to assess whether RCMP cadets commencing the Cadet Training Program inherently at greater risk of developing mental challenges by statistically comparing cadet putative and resiliency scores from young adult populations. also for sociodemographic differences in variables order facilitate future comparisons.Cadets (n = 772; 72.2% men) completed self-report measures several (i.e., anxiety sensitivity, fear negative evaluation, pain anxiety, illness injury intolerance uncertainty, state anger) resiliency. Scores were compared samples Canadian, American, Australian, European populations.Cadets had significantly lower on all higher In sample, there significant across gender sex.Cadets' suggest that they may be psychologically strong; as such, it nature police work, opposed inherent individual resiliency, accounts officers' comparatively prevalence over time.Clinical Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, Identifier NCT05527509.

Язык: Английский

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Development and validation of a questionnaire, the REST-Q Fire, to identify teamwork-related resources and stressors in firefighting operations

PLoS ONE, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 19(5), С. e0304326 - e0304326

Опубликована: Май 29, 2024

In the complex work environments of firefighting teams, it is often human error or difficulties in teamwork that lead to dangerous situations. To prevent these, essential know teamwork-related stressors and resources operations. A measurement tool needed evaluate these resources. successive instrument development process was conducted identify relevant First, interviews with experienced firefighters, second, a document analysis were evaluated provide an overview Thereupon, questionnaire, REST-Q Fire, developed asking about frequency intensity identified Afterwards, online study firefighters ( N = 491). CFAs confirmed assumed structure Fire positive correlation stress shown r .19 - .27). Further, overall more frequently intensively perceived than stressors. The most important ‘behavior leaders’ M (SD) 2.80 (0.83), 3.59 (1.12)), team members’ 2.77 (0.75), (1.05)). resources, on other hand, ‘knowledge skills behavior 3.96 (0.63), 4.24 (0.78)), ‘watch out for/ check each other’ (0.70), 4.20 (0.80)), ‘reliability (0.51), 4.16 (0.73)). As result, training needs for trainees fire service derived.

Язык: Английский

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