Stressful Life Events and Posttraumatic Growth Among Police Officers: A Cross-Sectional Study

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• Personal Author:
  Adjeroh L ; Andrew, Michael E. ; Leppma M ; McCanlies EC ; Mnatsakanova A ; Sarkisian K ; Scott O ; Violanti JM
• Description:
  Police officers often continue to face numerous threats and stressors in the aftermath of a disaster. To date, posttraumatic growth (PTG) has been studied primarily in the context of significant trauma; thus, it is not known whether stressful life events are associated with PTG. This study investigated the development of PTG among 113 police officers working in the New Orleans area following Hurricane Katrina. Hierarchical regression was used to evaluate if gratitude, social support, and satisfaction with life moderated the relationship between stressful life events (as measured by the total life stress score) and PTG, after adjustment for age, sex, race, level of involvement in Hurricane Katrina, and alcohol intake. Results indicate that stressful life events are independently associated with PTG. Gratitude, satisfaction with life, and social support were seen to moderate this relationship; as stressful life events increased so too did PTG-particularly among officers with higher levels of gratitude (B = 0.002, p = .05), satisfaction with life (B = 0.002, p = .05), and social support (B = 0.001, p = .05). These findings suggest that promoting satisfaction with life, interpersonal support, and gratitude may be beneficial to those who are regularly at risk of trauma exposure. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Demography Law Enforcement Men Mental Health Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Stress, Psychological Surveys And Questionnaires Women

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• Keywords:
  Age-groups Author Keywords: Job Stress Demographic-characteristics Humans Law-enforcement-workers Mental-health Police-officers Post-traumatic Growth Psychological-effects Psychological-stress Psychological Well-being Questionnaires Racial-factors Statistical-analysis Stress Stress Coping

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• ISSN:
  1047-2797
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• 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:
  175-186
• Volume:
  34
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050119
• Citation:
  Stress Health 2018 Feb; 34(1):175-186
• Contact Point Address:
  Monica Leppma, Department of Counseling, Rehabilitation Counseling, and Counseling Psychology, West Virginia University, P.O. Box 6122, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
• Email:
  monica.leppma@mail.wvu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• NORA Priority Area:
  Public Safety
• Performing Organization:
  State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20100901
• Source Full Name:
  Stress and Health
• End Date:
  20130831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a1449db90863c5708006a9153d2f6af9cc86cf3fa9fff04c9b0dbaef7cb67d8c71c3e9deb15b18e462339b033adff34ad37d22499353a0e2337b18e7365dd8cb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210606/cdc_210606_DS1.pdf
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