Download or read book Stress per u stress physiologique et sant psychologique des policiers written by Mylène Trépanier and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: « Selon la littérature, le métier de policier est considéré comme un emploi associé à des niveaux de stress élevé (Collins et al., 2003; Deschamps et al., 2003). Les policiers sont exposés à un grand nombre de stresseurs tels que l’horaire de travail, le temps supplémentaire, les exigences organisationnelles et administratives, les relations avec les collègues ainsi que les évènements traumatisants (Violanti et al., 1994, 1995). Travailler dans un milieu avec autant de stresseurs engendre des impacts négatifs. De nombreuses études s’accordent pour dire que les policiers souffrent davantage de maladies physiques (Ramey et al., 2009; Violanti et al., 1986) et mentales (Basińska et al., 2012; Violanti et al., 2018) que la population générale. Celles-ci s’intéressent au stress vécu par les policiers, mesuré habituellement à l’aide de questionnaires auto-rapportés alors que peu portent sur le stress mesuré à l’aide d’une mesure physiologique, notamment la concentration de cortisol. La présente étude vise à évaluer la contribution des stress physiologique et psychologique sur la santé psychologique des policiers du Québec. Le modèle de Gilbert (2009) a été retenu pour définir la variable dépendante composée du bien-être psychologique (sérénité, engagement et harmonie sociale) et de la détresse psychologique (anxiété, désengagement et irritabilité). La première hypothèse soutient que le stress perçu et le stress physiologique chez les policiers présentent une association positive. La deuxième hypothèse soutient a) que le stress perçu et le stress physiologique chez les policiers sont négativement liés au bien-être psychologique et b) qu’ils sont liés positivement à la détresse psychologique. Des questionnaires électroniques ont été administrés afin d’évaluer le stress perçu ainsi que la santé psychologique et des prélèvements capillaires ont été réalisés afin de mesurer le cortisol cumulatif des trois derniers mois. Les données ont été transférées sur le programme SPSS afin d’effectuer les corrélations de Pearson. Toutes les hypothèses ont été infirmées. Cependant, il convient de souligner que les directions des relations ainsi que la magnitude des effets concordent avec les prédictions émises. Afin de les confirmer, il serait nécessaire d’augmenter la taille de l’échantillon dans une recherche future. De plus, il serait intéressant d’intégrer davantage de variables susceptibles d’influencer la santé psychologique au travail des policiers, notamment la qualité du sommeil et les facteurs pré-traumatiques. -- Mot(s) clé(s) en français : policier, santé psychologique au travail, stress perçu, stress physiologique, cortisol, bien-être au travail, détresse au travail. »--
Download or read book Police Firefighter and Paramedic Stress written by John J. Miletich and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1990-01-16 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public safety professionals work together in life-and-death situations. During natural or transportation disasters, industrial accidents, shootings, suicides or dozens of other instances, police officers, firefighters, and paramedics are called upon to assist both injured and uninjured people. Although often romanticized in television series and in films, the real-life tasks of public safety professionals are usually unpleasant--restraining violent individuals and removing accident, homicide, and suicide victims from death scenes--and always highly stressful. They are frequently subjected to additional stress when their efforts are criticized by family members of the injured or deceased. Although stress can be harmful, even fatal, police officers, firefighters, and paramedics can have more productive and satisfying lives when they learn to positively control stress, rather than be controlled by it. This English language bibliography consisting of more than 700 references, covering the time period 1945 to early 1989, can help these and other professionals manage stress more effectively. Source publications, all of which are annotated, include books, articles, conference proceedings, theses, government publications, and dissertations. The bibliography section is composed of six chapters addressing psychological and physiological factors, the family, substance abuse, accidents, and suicide, with references arranged alphabetically by author surname. A list of acronyms and author and subject indexes complete the work. Of paramount importance to police officers, firefighters, and paramedics as well as their families, this bibliography will provide legislators, physicians, nurses, social workers, psychiatrists, psychologists, and sociologists with extensive and substantial documentation on the stress-filled work lives of these public safety professionals.
Download or read book Police Firefighter and Paramedic Stress written by and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1990-01-16 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public safety professionals work together in life-and-death situations. During natural or transportation disasters, industrial accidents, shootings, suicides or dozens of other instances, police officers, firefighters, and paramedics are called upon to assist both injured and uninjured people. Although often romanticized in television series and in films, the real-life tasks of public safety professionals are usually unpleasant--restraining violent individuals and removing accident, homicide, and suicide victims from death scenes--and always highly stressful. They are frequently subjected to additional stress when their efforts are criticized by family members of the injured or deceased. Although stress can be harmful, even fatal, police officers, firefighters, and paramedics can have more productive and satisfying lives when they learn to positively control stress, rather than be controlled by it. This English language bibliography consisting of more than 700 references, covering the time period 1945 to early 1989, can help these and other professionals manage stress more effectively. Source publications, all of which are annotated, include books, articles, conference proceedings, theses, government publications, and dissertations. The bibliography section is composed of six chapters addressing psychological and physiological factors, the family, substance abuse, accidents, and suicide, with references arranged alphabetically by author surname. A list of acronyms and author and subject indexes complete the work. Of paramount importance to police officers, firefighters, and paramedics as well as their families, this bibliography will provide legislators, physicians, nurses, social workers, psychiatrists, psychologists, and sociologists with extensive and substantial documentation on the stress-filled work lives of these public safety professionals.
Download or read book Stress in Policing written by Hans Toch and published by Amer Psychological Assn. This book was released on 2002 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This analysis of police occupational stress draws primarily from a study conducted in two police departments in upstate New York. The study combined several methods of inquiry, including interviews, focus groups, personal observations, and questionnaires. One of the departments had undergone diversification and the other had not. Although the departments differed in diversity, both agencies were pursuing community-policing philosophies. The analysis focused on the relationship between stress and police reform, notably ongoing changes related to community-oriented policing and diversification of the police force. Older officers reported being more stressed than did younger officers. This was typically related to cumulative exposure to client problems, slower-than-hoped-for advancement, or less-than-anticipated recognition. Another primary factor was exposure to turbulent work environments over time, which became the occasion for discomfort with approaching retirement. Organization-related stress, compared with person-related stress, was identified by officers as the principal problem underlying stress. Organizational-related interventions, therefore, are required in preventing and ameliorating stress. There are current trends in policing that involve greater involvement of line officers in the organizational factors that affect their occupational duties. One is problem-oriented policing, which can include solutions to problems within the organization. Interventions have highlighted the importance of police union involvement and team efforts. Organizational peer interactions were also identified as a source of stress. These were based in gender-related and race-related diversity among personnel. Organizational reform to prevent and ameliorate stress must be based in an analysis of the roots of stress related to organizational practices and environments. Officers must then be involved in systematic efforts to plan and implement interventions that can relieve the organizational circumstances that cause and perpetuate stress.
Download or read book Traumatic Stress in Police Officers written by Douglas Paton and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2009 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The objective of this book is to demonstrate how adopting a career perspective can provide a more comprehensive conceptualization of traumatic stress processes as they apply to police officers and agencies and provide a framework that can be used to guide research and intervention agenda in ways that reflect the changes that can occur over the course of a police career that can span decades. The book examines the nature and effectiveness of the police role in dealing with adverse events as they unfold within a career perspective. It begins with pre-employment experiences and their implications for operational well-being and concludes with a discussion of the implications of a police career for disengagement or retirement from this role. It draws upon empirical research to provide an evidence-based approach to traumatic stress risk management and well-being in contemporary policing. Based on state-of-the-art research, the book provides a framework that police agencies can use to develop their officers and their organizations in ways that enhance their capability to confront an increasingly uncertain future in ways that maximize the interests of front-line policing. Areas of discussion include incorporation of police trauma into a life-career course perspective; changing context and nature of police work; recruitment, selection, and socialization in the context of critical incident and terrorist work; changing gender balance; training in uncertain times; managing risk and vulnerability; organizational context; family dynamics; inter and intraorganizational teams; health and mental health; consequences of long-term exposure to hazards; and disengagement and retirement. The text will be of significant interest to police organizations and agencies whose officers face a high risk of experiencing disaster and traumatic stress, law enforcement managerial and supervisory personnel, human resource and health and safety professionals, and mental health professionals and consultants. The text will also be relevant to those researching traumatic stress, disaster stress, and emergency management as well as other protective services.
Download or read book Stress and the Police Officer written by Katherine W. Ellison and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2004 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Good policing is not impossible. The reactions that have been associated with stressors are not inevitable. Many officers retire in good physical and emotional health and 100 back on their careers with pleasure. In a situation where stressers have led to maladaptive behavior on the part of individuals or organizations, change is called for. Change must be constant, as social conditions in the world around us vary. The police represent a force for the order necessary for society to function. It is not an easy job, but it is one that is worth doing well."
Download or read book Practical Police Psychology written by Laurence Miller and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2006 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Occupation Under Siege written by John Violanti and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2021-09-29 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings to the forefront the realization that a successful police career involves not only surviving the danger involved in policing but also psychological survival. In this book, a mixed approach is employed that includes research and some practical suggestions from practitioners on how best to deal with the police health crisis. It is based on research associated with police mental health together with the subsequent effects on officers’ performance, physical health, and lifestyle. It begins by outlining the current challenges faced by police, including increased civil unrest, negative public reactions, and a biological siege brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and depression are reviewed and how these two conditions have been shown to promote negative health issues such as cardiovascular disease and gastrointestinal disorders, comorbid psychological conditions as well as suicide. Resilience is also discussed and its role in ameliorating stress. An overview of factors related to resilience is provided and some of the mechanisms that underpin resilience in police work are examined. Additionally, suggestions are made that may help police organizations foster resiliency in officers. The final chapter asks the question, “Where do we go from here?” The chapter discusses current legislation that will help police deal with the problem of psychological and physical health and suicide. Interventions discussed include the need for wellness programs, reducing stress through the police organization, peers support development, the use of mindfulness as a stress reduction strategy, PTSD mitigation, and reducing the fatigue health effects of shift work.
Download or read book Stress and Policing written by Jennifer M. Brown and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1995-10-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical assessment of available evidence on police stress featuring a detailed discussion of stress experiences of women, homosexual and ethnic minority officers. Examines the role of routine stressors and highlights stress problems associated with major trauma incidents. Documents treatment for post traumatic stress disorder and pinpoints risk factors. Includes a review of the latest research in Britain, North America and Australia.
Download or read book Policing and Stress written by Heith Copes and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2005 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For undergraduate/graduate courses in Policing and Criminal Justice. Focusing on the topic of police stress, this text compiles chapters written by leading police researchers who examine the sources and consequences of stress, as well as effective strategies for coping with it.
Download or read book L impact des relations interpersonnelles et du soutien social sur la sant psychologique au travail des policiers written by Audrey Rodrigue and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: « Selon la littérature, le travail du policier est une profession à risque étant donné son contexte d’intervention souvent urgent et imprévisible (De Soir, Daubechies et Van den Steene, 2012 ; cités par Desjardins, 2017). Le métier de policier comporte également un double mandat, soit celui de protéger la population tout en faisant régner l’ordre (Oligny, 1991). Ces particularités rendent le travail de policiers plus à risque que d’autres professions sur le plan de la santé mentale (Marchand, 2007). Malgré l’importance accordée à la santé au travail et les risques associés au métier de policier, peu d’études empiriques sont répertoriées à ce sujet au sein de cette population. Silveri (2017) a identifié dans son article le soutien social par les collègues et par les supérieurs comme faisant partie des ressources les plus importantes pour atténuer les « effets des exigences de travail sur le stress ». La présente recherche s’intéresse plus spécifiquement à l’effet des relations interpersonnelles (variable indépendante) et du soutien social (variable indépendante) sur la santé psychologique des policiers (variable dépendante). Le modèle théorique de Gilbert, Dagenais-Desmarais et Savoie (2011) a été retenu pour définir la variable dépendante composée du bien-être psychologique (BEPT ; sérénité, engagement et harmonie sociale) et de la détresse psychologique (DET ; anxiété, désengagement et irritabilité). L’étude suppose que la qualité perçue des relations interpersonnelles avec les collègues et le supérieur, ainsi que le soutien social, sont reliés positivement au bien-être psychologique au travail. Deuxièmement, l’étude suppose également que la qualité des relations et le soutien social sont reliés négativement à la détresse psychologique au travail. Un devis corrélationnel est utilisé pour répondre à la question de recherche. Neuf cent quatre-vingt-dix (990) participants issus du milieu policier québécois provenant de la province de Québec composent l’échantillon. Les résultats des analyses de régression, qui abondent dans le même sens que les hypothèses de recherche, ont démontré un lien significatif entre la qualité des relations perçue avec les collègues, le soutien de type conseil et le bien-être psychologique au travail. Les résultats soutiennent également l’importance du développement du lien de confiance entre le supérieur et le policier pour contrer la détresse psychologique au travail. -- Mot(s) clé(s) en français : Policier, santé psychologique au travail, relations interpersonnelles, soutien social, soutien émotionnel, soutien conseil, bien-être au travail, détresse au travail. »--
Download or read book Stress Management in Law Enforcement written by Leonard Territo and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of leading articles on stress factors and their consequences for police personnel. It consists of nine sections which cover : understanding stress, stress and the police officer, police suicide, stress and the police family, stressors unique to law enforcement, coping with stress, psychological services for law enforcement personnel, and management issues relating to dealing with police stress.
Download or read book Stress and the Police written by Lynn Hunt Monahan and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Police Stress written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Developing a Law Enforcement Stress Program for Officers and Their Families written by Peter Finn and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a comprehensive and up-to-date look at a number of law enforce. stress programs that have made serious efforts to help departments, individual officers, civilian employees, and officers' families cope with the stresses of a law enforce. career. The report is based on 100 interviews with mental health practitioners, police administrators, union and assoc. officials, and line officers and their family members. Provides pragmatic suggestions that can help every police or sheriff's dep't. reduce the debilitating stress that so many officers experience and thereby help these officers do the job they entered law enforcement to perform -- protect the public.
Download or read book Stress Related Disorders in Policemen written by William D. Haynes and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designs for stress research are discussed and the nature of police work and stress-related disorders in officers are considered. Means for relieving stress and stress-related disorders are described. In researching stress, certain elements must be dealt with on at least a conceptual basis including class response, situation-based response, and the examination of stress-strain relationship between an organism and its environment. A conceptual structure for research must be developed, and concepts of environmental demand and response capability and time, setting, and the coping response must be examined. Several models for stress research are described. The factors that determine the response of the organism to stress are characteristics of the danger stimulus, situation determinants, and predispositional determinants. The role of police officers and the nature of their work are examined from the administrative viewpoint, and in terms of public attitude. Officers' self-image and personal role expectations are considered, as well as the social isolation of police work. The occupation's psychological factors, such as high tension, boredom, and uncertainty, lead to stress, and officers have a unique set of problems related to family and private life. Physical stress factors are the constant possibility of death or injury, fatigue, shifting diurnal patterns, limited attention to physical fitness, and problems stemming from environmental factors such as air pollution and weather conditions. Stress-related disorders commonly found in police officers are cardiovascular disease, digestive dysfunctions, hypertension, headaches, psychological disorders, and premature death. Common means of relieving this stress are described, including alcohol, tobacco, and tranquilizer use; exercise; sleep; verbal and physical ventilation; absenteeism; and therapy. The final section recommends alleviation of stress-related disorders through periodic physical examinations and establishment of counseling and therapy stress-reduction programs.
Download or read book Stress and Police Personnel written by Leonard Territo and published by Allyn & Bacon. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compilation of articles on job-related stress in policing addresses the complexities of the stress syndrome among police officers and advocates the incorporation of a stress intervention and management component into police officer training programs. The volume is designed for practical use by police officers and administrators. Articles are arranged in topical sections and begin with an orientation and introduction to the general subject, providing terminology and background to some of the principle psychological, physiological, and social consequences of stress. Job stress and some of its more destructive manifestations in police officers, such as alcoholism, divorce, other family problems, and suicide are examined. In addition, specific and unique stress experienced by women and minorities in law enforcement is also discussed. Recommendations are given concerning the most effective ways that both the officer and the law enforcement agency can deal with these problems. Articles on stress and the police administrator concern factors in the managerial task and function that contribute to stress. Among them are upward mobility with accompanying loss of supportive relationships among colleagues, family, and friends; the risks of decisionmaking with consequences affecting the lives of many people; and political pressures in balancing resources against goals and objectives. Under the topic of stress and the family, articles look at the toll exacted on wives, children and relatives of police personnel by the stressful aspects of police work, of which the high divorce rate is but the most visible consequence. The concluding section presents organizational and individual programs for coping with stress, illustrated by stress control and counseling programs available to officers, administrators, and families in the police departments of Miami, Dallas, and Chicago. A retirement counseling program for police officers is also discussed because of the unique nature of police retirement, which occurs early and isolates former officers from agency friends and informal peer groups that have served as a source of personal support. Tabular data and endnotes accompany individual articles. The appendix contains a listing of police stress training films. An index is also supplied.
