| Document ID (ISN) | 111807 |
| CIS number |
11-0586 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0962-7480 - Occupational Medicine |
| Year |
2010 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Juniper B., White N., Bellamy P. |
| Title |
A new approach to evaluating the well-being of police |
| Bibliographic information |
Oct. 2010, Vol.60, No.7, p.560-565. Illus. 21 ref. |
| Abstract |
Although police forces are under increasing pressure to improve efficiency and productivity, the evaluation of well-being in law enforcement is mostly restricted to self-report stress questionnaires that are based on questionable construction methodologies. No instrument to specifically determine the well-being of police force employees currently exists. The objective of this study was to construct an instrument that measures the work-related well-being of officers and staff within a police force. The approach was drawn from well-established clinical models used to evaluate the well-being of patients. Potential variables were confirmed using an item selection method known as impact analysis that places keen emphasis on frequency and importance as perceived by the respondents themselves. Analyses of 822 completed response sets showed that nine separate dimensions of police work can adversely affect well-being (advancement, facilities, home-work interface, job, physical health, psychological health, relationships, organizational and workload). Overall, officers showed inferior well-being compared with their colleagues. Content validity and adequate internal reliability were confirmed. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
psychology of work organization; mental health; questionnaire survey; police forces; stress factors; risk factors |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
United Kingdom; human relations; statistical evaluation; reliability; description of technique |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
Psychology and sociology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Stress, psychosocial factors
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Fire fighting, police, prisons and the armed forces
Psychology of work organization
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