Training police trainees about ways to manage trauma and loss

Manzella, Christiane; Papazoglou, Konstantinos

doi:10.1080/14623730.2014.903609

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“…Furthermore, training in strengths-based techniques should be offered to new and senior police officers alike, as it may help foster compassion satisfaction and appreciation for the service they provide. Strengths-based techniques have been previously applied to uniformed individuals, such as police and military personnel, with positive outcomes (Kobau et al, 2011;Manzella & Papazoglou, 2014;Reivich, Seligman, & McBride, 2011). The present study's results showed that compassion fatigue and burnout were negatively correlated with compassion satisfaction.…”

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confidence: 46%

Examining the Relationship Between Personality Traits, Compassion Satisfaction, and Compassion Fatigue Among Police Officers

2019

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Police officers are often exposed to violence and potentially traumatic encounters, but they have not been a focus of research on compassion fatigue or compassion satisfaction. The current study examines compassion fatigue and satisfaction among police officers and how these variables are influenced by negative personality traits. This study's participants were police officers (n = 1,173) from the National Police of Finland, and its aims were twofold: (a) to explore the prevalence rates and relationships between compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction, burnout, and personality traits (Machiavellianism, `narcissism, psychopathy) among study participants; and (b) to explore whether compassion satisfaction, burnout, years of police experience, and negative personality traits are predictors of compassion fatigue. The results of the current study indicated that 10% of police officers indicated high levels of compassion fatigue and 40% revealed low levels of compassion satisfaction. In addition, compassion fatigue was found to be negatively correlated with compassion satisfaction (r =-.33, p < .01), whereas negative personality traits were positively correlated with compassion fatigue (Machiavellianism: r = .20; narcissism: r = .19; psychopathy: r = .23; p < .01). Furthermore, negative personality traits (except narcissism) were negatively correlated with compassion satisfaction (Machiavellianism: r =-.22; psychopathy: r =-.32). Structural equation modeling (SEM) was performed to assess predictors of compassion fatigue and it indicated good model fit to the data (goodness of fit index, GFI = .976; comparative fit index, CFI = .934; root mean square error of approximation, RMSEA = .092; standardized root mean square residual, SRMR = .421). In addition, SEM revealed that compassion satisfaction, burnout, and personality traits (Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy) were significant predictors of compassion fatigue. Clinical and training implications as well as future research recommendations are also discussed.

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Examining the Relationship Between Personality Traits, Compassion Satisfaction, and Compassion Fatigue Among Police Officers

2019

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“…It is recommended that police practitioners work collaboratively with officers to combat the stigma of mental health problems and treatment, by normalizing help-seeking behavior (Papazoglou and Andersen 2014). Additionally, future interventions for this population could include the development of peer-to-peer programs, since previous research has shown that officers seem reluctant to look for clinicians (Manzella and Papazoglou 2014;Waters and Ussery 2007).…”

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Ambulatory Assessment of Psychophysiological Stress among Police Officers: a Proof-of-Concept Study

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Occupational stress has been widely recognized as a global challenge and has received increased attention by the academic community. Ambulatory Assessment methodologies, combining psychophysiological measures of stress, offer a promising avenue for future prevention and/or rehabilitation stress research. Considering that policing is well known for being a particularly stressful occupation, Emergency Responders Officers (EROs) stress levels were investigated. Particularly, this study analyzed: (i) physiological stress data obtained during shifts and compared these data with baseline levels (days off), as well as (ii) with normative values for healthy populations; (iii) stress symptoms differences from beginning to end of shift; (iv) stress events and events intensity and (v) the acceptability and feasibility of this proof-ofconcept study in a highly stressful occupation. A Geo-location event system was used to help retrospective accounts of psychological stress, combined with electrocardiogram (ECG) data and mobile self-reports, that include stress symptoms, event types and event intensity. Results suggest that EROs experience high levels of stress (both onduty and off duty) when compared to healthy populations. Stress symptoms increase from the beginning to end of the shift. However, the mean events intensity was very low. It can be concluded that stress may not always be diagnosed when using merely

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“…Not only do officers jeopardize their own lives in the line of duty, but they might also lose colleague(s) in the line of duty. Consequently, officers may avoid sharing their experiences of loss with other people and, in a similar way that they react to trauma, prefer to suppress their emotions (Manzella & Papazoglou, 2014). Nevertheless, the mourning process is unique and omnipresent within the police community.…”

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Fighting Police Trauma: Practical Approaches to Addressing Psychological Needs of Officers

Papazoglou

Tuttle

2018

SAGE Open

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Training police trainees about ways to manage trauma and loss

Cited by 29 publications

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Examining the Relationship Between Personality Traits, Compassion Satisfaction, and Compassion Fatigue Among Police Officers

Examining the Relationship Between Personality Traits, Compassion Satisfaction, and Compassion Fatigue Among Police Officers

Ambulatory Assessment of Psychophysiological Stress among Police Officers: a Proof-of-Concept Study

Fighting Police Trauma: Practical Approaches to Addressing Psychological Needs of Officers

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