Psychosocial interventions for prevention of psychological disorders in law enforcement officers

Effects of Mental Strength Training for Police Officers: a Three-Wave Quasi-experimental Study

“…Several studies on the effects of training programs among officers as described earlier (e.g., Arnetz et al 2009) showed promising results. However, a systematic review by Peñalba et al (2008) report psychological and psychosocial benefits found within small-scale studies, but stress the need for more well-designed studies to establish more thorough proof of efficacy of these programs. Moreover, the systematic review on police stress management interventions by Patterson et al (2012) refrains from drawing conclusions Bgiven the weakness of the research designs^ (Patterson et al 2012, p. 25).…”

“…Moreover, the systematic review on police stress management interventions by Patterson et al (2012) refrains from drawing conclusions Bgiven the weakness of the research designs^ (Patterson et al 2012, p. 25). Both these reviews which specifically focus on police training (Patterson et al 2012;Peñalba et al 2008) stress the need for more rigorous designs, applying, among others, larger sample sizes. Another systematic review on resilience enhancement training for the police and other occupations, such as teachers, managers, and soldiers, by Robertson et al (2015), showed ambiguous results; both effects and non-effects within and between studies were found on a variety of outcome measures, such as psychological resilience and mental health.…”

“…It did so while considering some of the most important issues of reviewers of police stress interventions (Peñalba et al 2008;Patterson et al 2012). First of all, the applied sample size was larger as compared to previous research.…”

Povezanost Okupacionog Stresa I Mentalnog Zdravlja U Populaciji Policajaca: Metaanaliza

“…Rezultati pomenute studije govore da prediktorske varijable radni zadaci, izloženost okupacionim stresorima i mehanizmi za suočavanje imaju umeren uticaj na doživljeni stres. Penalba i sa-radnici (Penalba, McGuire, & Leite, 2009) su sproveli metaanalitičku studiju u cilju ispitivanja efekata psihosocijalnih intervencija za prevenciju negativnih psihološ-kih ishoda kod policajaca. Paterson i saradnici (Paterson et al, 2014) su sproveli metaanalitičku studiju čiji je cilj takođe bio ispitivanje efekata programa za upravljanje stresom kod policajaca.…”

“…Studija Patersona i saradnika (Paterson et al, 2014) metaanalizira efekte psiholoških intervencija na stres kod policajaca, dakle bavi se pojedinačnim studijama sa eksperimentalnim nacrtom. Penalba i saradnici (Penalba et al, 2009) su se bavili sličnom problematikom, ali nisu bili ograničeni samo na eksperimentalne studije. U metaanalizi koju je sprovela Webster (2013), kao i u ostale dve pomenute metaanalize, stres je definisan kao zavisna varijabla.…”