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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Assessing Relative Stressors and Mental Disorders among Canadian Provincial Correctional Workers.

Katy Konyk, Rosemary Ricciardelli, Tamara Taillieu, Tracie O Afifi, Dianne Groll, R Nicholas Carleton

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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6 authors.

Katy KonykSchool of Social Work, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1E3, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7856-7144
Rosemary RicciardelliDepartment of Sociology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL A1C 5S7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0905-8968
Tamara TaillieuRady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0W3, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5856-8131
Tracie O AfifiRady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0W3, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3745-9785
Dianne GrollDepartments of Psychiatry and Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6913-5710
R Nicholas CarletonDepartment of Psychology, Anxiety and Illness Behaviours Laboratory, University of Regina, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6083-8935

Funding

CIHR FRN: 13666
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the current study, we quantified the mean stress levels of 43 occupational stressors for 868 Correctional Workers (CWs) and analyzed the relationships between occupational stressors, exposure to potentially psychologically traumatic events (PPTEs), and mental health disorders. Our findings emphasize the importance of the occupational environment in relation to CW mental health and indicate that occupational stressors (e.g., staff shortages, inconsistent leadership style, bureaucratic red tape) are more salient contributors to CW mental health than exposure to PPTEs. Finding strategies to ameliorate staff shortages, improve leadership style and communication, and support CWs to maintain physical, mental, and social well-being would be interventions tied to significant organizational and operational stressors within the current study.

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Mental DisordersCanadaHumansMental HealthStress, Psychologicalcorrectional workersmental health disordersoccupational stressorspotentially psychologically traumatic eventsPTSD

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PMID34639320
PMCPMC8508585

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