Associations between protective factors and psychological distress vary by gender: the Buffalo Cardio-Metabolic Occupational Police Stress study

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• Personal Author:
  Andrew, Michael E. ; Burchfiel CM ; Charles LE ; Hartley TA ; Howsare JL ; McCanlies EC ; Mnatsakanova A ; Violanti JM
• Description:
  Previous research by this group identified gender interactions between some protective factors and psychological distress in police officers. This study extends this result to include a larger sample of police officers and a more comprehensive list of protective factors. These results confirm the conclusion that the commitment dimension of hardiness appears to have a stronger protective association with psychological distress among women. Furthermore, an avoidant coping style appears to be somewhat more positively associated with psychological distress among women. The personality trait of openness was also positively associated more strongly with PTSD symptoms in women than in men, while the trait of agreeableness was significantly protective in women and not in men. Hostility was generally positively associated with psychological distress with stronger association for PTSD symptoms and hostility in women. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Demography Emergency Responders Epidemiology Law Enforcement Men Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Sex Characteristics Stress, Psychological Women

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Police Demographic-characteristics Emergency-responders Hardiness Humans Law-enforcement Law-enforcement-workers Mental-stress Personality Police-officers Psychological-stress PTSD Resilience Sex-factors Statistical-analysis Stress

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• ISSN:
  1522-4821
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant ; Contract
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  277-288
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044844
• Citation:
  Int J Emerg Mental Health Hum Resil 2013 Oct-Dec; 15(4):277-288
• Contact Point Address:
  Michael E. Andrew, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Morgantown, WV
• Email:
  mta6@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Public Safety
• Performing Organization:
  State University of New York at Buffalo
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20100901
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience
• End Date:
  20150831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f771e7c64caf8b7e363f70f20cab5269d5b2208036cac9abb4a83f0855cb7c8329ffccf2c1019162585b511402c9076a23b09acce4709471357ce43a60eb04d1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200461/cdc_200461_DS1.pdf
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