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Effects of Social and Occupational Stress, and Physical Strain on Suicidal Ideation Among Law Enforcement Officers



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    To evaluate how social stressors, organizational stressors, and physical strains are related to suicidal ideation (SI) at an urban police department. Data was gathered between January-February 2020. Each case of SI was matched to 4 controls based on age, gender and military experience for a total sample size of 110 officers. Conditional logistic regression models assessed the relationship between stress domains and SI. Five percent (5%) of the officers surveyed (n = 22) reported SI. After adjustment for sociodemographic characteristics, high levels of organizational stress, versus low organizational stress, were associated with 9.2 (95% CI: 1.1-75.8) times the odds of SI compared to no SI. In the fully adjusted model (i.e., sociodemographics and other stressors), medium and high levels of social stress showed 5.1 (95% CI: 1.1-23.5) and 3.8 (95% CI: 1.0-14.5) higher odds of SI compared to no SI. The likelihood of SI increased incrementally as higher number of stressors were reported, suggesting a significant dose-response relationship. This study found organizational and social stress were the strongest predictors of SI for law enforcement officers, as opposed to physical strain. This study serves to further inform the multi-dimensionality of police stress pathways to advise department psychological prevention efforts. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • ISSN:
    2367-0134
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Grant
  • Genre:
    Journal Article
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    18 pdf pages
  • Volume:
    6
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20066915
  • Citation:
    Occup Health Sci 2022 Mar; 6(1):131-147
  • Contact Point Address:
    Alaina M. Beauchamp, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 2777 N Stemmons Fwy, Dallas, TX, 75207, USA
  • Email:
    Alaina.M.Beauchamp@uth.tmc.edu
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2022
  • Performing Organization:
    University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
  • Peer Reviewed:
    True
  • Start Date:
    20180901
  • Source Full Name:
    Occupational Health Science
  • End Date:
    20210831
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  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:9cf80b17b696f534bd726978239d300e9c5f4acf56524c3eb6e5a49eb1d89de1374e95aca46619e899c276d11f816c230747ff6dca715c3bde2ba7a4d5ec23a1
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