ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Profiling Police Forces against Stress: Risk and Protective Factors for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Burnout in Police Officers.
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- A systematic review of the prevalence, risk factors, and protective factors of posttraumatic stress disorder among paramedics.Journal of traumatic stress · 2026Pooled it
- Assessment of the Mental Health of Police Officers: A Systematic Review of Specific Instruments.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
- Association between police work stress and life satisfaction: the chain mediating roles of perceived social support and sleep disturbances.Frontiers in psychology · 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
- The relationship between air pollution and police officers' mental health: an empirical analysis based on spatial econometric models.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Humor as a double-edged weapon in psychopathology: light and dark humor styles, coping, and personality in police mental health.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2025Article
- Implementation and evaluation of a psychological first aid program to manage post-traumatic stress injuries among Canadian police officers.Implementation science communications · 2025Article
- Personality predicts internalizing symptoms and quality of life in police cadets: a comparison of artificial intelligence and parametric approaches.Health & justice · 2025Article
- Metabolic Syndrome and Associated Components Among Police Officers: A 7 and 12-Year Longitudinal Analysis.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2025Article
- Police officer occupational health: a model of organizational constraints, trauma exposure, perceived resources, and agency.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2024Article
- Validation and Psychometric Properties of the German Operational and Organizational Police Stress Questionnaires.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Police officers are frequently exposed to highly stressful situations at work and have an increased risk to develop symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and burnout (BO). It is currently not well understood which officers are most at risk to develop these disorders. The aim of this study was to determine which coping strategies and personality traits could act as protective or risk factors in relation to PTSD and BO. The second aim, in the interest of designating preventive and therapeutical measures, was to determine whether certain profiles of police officers could be identified as high risk for developing mental disorders. Herein, 1073 French-speaking police officers in Switzerland reported in an online survey about their PTSD and BO symptoms, anxiety, depression, suicide ideation, coping strategies, occupational stress, and personality factors. The cluster analysis highlighted three principal profiles of police officers: those who are not at risk of developing pathologies because they are not exposed or insensitive to these stressors, and those who are, among which personality and coping strategies oriented the risk of developing PTSD or BO. These same protective and risk factors were also corroborated in the linear and logistic regression analyses. These results may suggest that a crucial opportunity for mitigating mental health issues in the force could consist of screening recruits for risk-related personality traits and orienting them towards psychological training programs for the development of functional coping strategies.
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