Associations of specific stressors, neuroticism, and perceived stress among police officers

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• Personal Author:
  Andrew, Michael E. ; Fekedulegn D ; Hartley TA ; Mnatsakanova A ; Violanti JM
• Description:
  Purpose: Examine associations of police work stressors with perceived stress and whether neuroticism, a personality trait indicating negative affect and poor adaptation, influenced this association. Methods: The Spielberger Police Stress Survey, Perceived Stress Scale, and the NEO-FF-I were utilized in this cross-sectional study of 380 police officers. Linear regression and ANCOVA were used to examine mean perceived stress levels across quartiles of police stressor scores (total, administrative, danger and lack of support). Associations were adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, alcohol use, smoking status, and stratified by high (= median) versus low (
• Subjects:
  Emergency Responders Law Enforcement Men Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological Women
• Keywords:
  Emergency-responders Humans Law-enforcement Law-enforcement-workers Police-officers Psychological-effects Psychological-stress Psychology Statistical-analysis Stress
• ISSN:
  1047-2797
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• 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
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045370
• Citation:
  Ann Epidemiol 2014 Sep; 24(9):688
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Public Safety
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Annals of Epidemiology
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:076ff6ae4032ae3d466d861704ed04a487efd98fcb025a53786d5af87e1bbdb39d3a0d0e14b542afce4db44e1d9995f9a6e85d926f03841b59562632db09862f
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200817/cdc_200817_DS1.pdf
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