Dimensions of perceived stress in a British police force

Crowe, Graham; Stradling, Stephen G.

doi:10.1080/10439463.1993.9964663

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“…The most prominent of these has been identified as the organisational factor (Crank & Caldero, 1991;Crowe & Stradling, 1993;Evans & Coman, 1993;Hart, Wearing & Headey, 1995;Kop & Euwema, 2001). Factor analytic studies of police stress have recovered different numbers of factorseight (Hart et al, 1995), five (Crowe & Stradling, 1993) and three factors (Brown, Fielding & Grover, 1999;Mitchell, Cowan & Hamilton, 1998) have been reported. Gulle et al (1998) showed that in comparison to American stressors, which were all inherent in the nature of the job, South African police stressors were more organisationally oriented.…”

Section: Occupational Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

Occupational stress in the South African police service

Pienaar

Rothmann

2006

SA j ind psychol

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Policing has been described as a stressful occupation. The objectives of this study were to develop and validate a measure that could be used by the South African Police Service (SAPS) to identify the frequency and intensity of occupational stressors and to assess the differences between the stressors for race, rank and gender groups. A cross sectional survey design was used. Stratified random samples (N = 2145) were taken of police members of nine provinces in South Africa. The Police Stress Inventory was developed as a measuring instrument. Three internally consistent factors were extracted through principal component analysis with a direct oblimin rotation. These factors were labelled Job Demands, Lack of Support and Crime-related Stressors. The most important stressors identified were other officers not doing their job, inadequate or poor quality equipment, inadequate salaries, and seeing criminals go free. Analysis of variance showed differences in stressors for rank, race and gender groups.

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Section: Occupational Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

Occupational stress in the South African police service

Pienaar

Rothmann

2006

SA j ind psychol

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“…On the other hand, police officers have more conflicting roles; they may shield us from the nefarious predations of criminals but they are also likely to give us a parking ticket. Crowe and Stradling (1993) have illuminated the complex conflicts associated with being a police officer.…”

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Is My Stress Greater Than Yours? A Comparison of Policemen and Firemen

Alexander

Walker

2000

International Journal of Police Science & Management

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“…These CAD family assistance officers were no exception. In general, dealing with distressed relatives has been found to be extremely stressful for police officers (Crowe & Stradling, 1993), and while police officers often deal with bereaved family members, the scope and intensity of their work with families after September 11 was unprecedented. Days were filled with tears, unanswered questions, shock, denial, and disbelief.…”

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confidence: 99%