SynthesisBMC public health2019
The relationship between organisational stressors and mental wellbeing within police officers: a systematic review.
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62 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 296 citations in OpenAlex.
- Understanding the interplay between organisational injustice and the health and wellbeing of female police officers: a meta-ethnography.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Work pressure, coping styles and occupational burnout among Chinese police officers: a meta-analytic review.BMC psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Organizational Risk Factors for Aircrew Health: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of Psychological Interventions for Mental Health in Police Officers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Influence of occupational stress, personality and job demands on the mental health of police officers in Ibadan, Nigeria.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Functional near-infrared spectroscopy identifies neural biomarkers of burnout in active-duty Police officers.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Police work stress and occupational burnout: the chain mediating roles of work interference with family and affective work rumination.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Association between police work stress and life satisfaction: the chain mediating roles of perceived social support and sleep disturbances.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Coping under pressure: police-specific stressors and mental health in Catalonia police forces.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Prevalence of work-related burnout and associated factors among police officers in the Silesian Voivodeship - the region with the highest urbanization rate and population density in Poland.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Supporting Police Well-Being Through an Adaptive Shift Management System: Co-Design Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
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- Stress exposure affects amyotrophic lateral sclerosis pathogenesis via PI3K/Akt and focal adhesion pathways: evidence from three experimental models.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Metabolic Syndrome and Associated Components Among Police Officers: A 7 and 12-Year Longitudinal Analysis.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2025Article
- Effect of work organization and demands, violence, health problems and job satisfaction in relation to work stress and social support in prison officers: a cross-sectional study; São Paulo, 2019.Epidemiologia e servicos de saude : revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil · 2025Article
- Understanding the interplay between stress, anxiety, and depression and their impact on health in traffic police officers.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Coping with the toll of child sexual abuse investigations.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Crime scene examiners' mental health: a scoping review.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Review
- Being Cynical Is Bad for Your Wellbeing: A Structural Equation Model of the Relationship Between Cynicism and Mental Health in First Responders in South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Protocol for the development and piloting of a cluster randomised controlled trial for stress prevention, management, and coping mechanism among police officers in Nigeria.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundOccupational stressors in police work increase the risk for officer mental health morbidities. Officers' poor mental wellbeing is harmful to the individual, can affect professionalism, organisational effectiveness, and public safety. While the impact of operational stressors on officers' mental wellbeing is well documented, no review has systematically investigated organisational stressor impacts. This study aimed to conduct a systematic review to assess the relationship between organisational stressors and police officer mental wellbeing.
methodsSystematic review conducted following PRISMA and Cochrane Collaboration guidelines. Literature search was undertaken from 1990 to May 2017 on four databases (EBSCOHOST Medline/SocINDEX/PsycINFO/OVID Embase) and grey literature. Included articles were critically appraised and assessed for risk of bias. Narrative and evidence syntheses were performed by specific mental health outcomes.
resultsIn total, 3571 results were returned, and 15 studies met the inclusion criteria. All included studies were published in English between 1995 and 2016, had cross-sectional study designs, spanned across four continents and covered 15,150 officers. Strong evidence of significant associations was identified for organisational stressors and the outcomes of: occupational stress, psychiatric symptoms/psychological distress, emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment. The organisational stressors most often demonstrating consistently significant associations with mental health outcomes included lack of support, demand, job pressure, administrative/organisational pressure and long working-hours.
conclusionsThis review is the first to systematically examine organisational stressors and mental health in police officers. Organisational stressors that can be targeted by interventions and policy changes to secure officer wellbeing, a healthy work environment, and benefits to the organisation and the public are identified.
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