Associations Between Perceived Occupational Prestige and Psychological Symptoms in Correctional Supervisors.

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• Alternative Title:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2025, v. 67, no. 10: Associations Between Perceived Occupational Prestige and Psychological Symptoms in Correctional Supervisors.
• Journal Article:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Personal Author:
  Cole, Wayne A. ; Dugan, Alicia G. ; Namazi, Sara ; Brown, Stacey L. ; Rinker, Robert D. ; Preston, Julius C. ; Decker, Ragan E. ; Cherniack, Martin G.
• Description:
  Low occupational prestige - societal perceptions that certain jobs and workers are of low social status - may affect correctional worker well-being. We hypothesized that (1) low prestige is associated with psychological symptoms and (2) the association is mediated by stress.
  
  Correctional supervisors (n = 168) completed a survey with measures of occupational prestige, psychological symptoms, work context, and sociodemographic information. Direct and indirect effects were tested using standard multiple regression.
  
  The sample consisted primarily of males (74%) who were married or partnered (72%) with a mean age of 42.5 years (SD, 6.4 years). Direct and indirect (through stress) relationships were observed between low occupational prestige and psychological symptoms.
  
  Findings suggest that corrections workers perceive lower occupational prestige to be a work-related stressor with implications for psychological well-being. Future longitudinal studies may establish causality among variables.
• Content Notes:
  Author manuscript
• Subjects:
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Middle Aged
  • Occupational Stress
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Prisons
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Social Class
• Keywords:
  • Occupational prestige
  • psychological symptoms
  • stress
  • correctional supervisors
• Source:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2025, v. 67, no. 10
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000003447
• ISSN:
  1076-2752 ; 1536-5948
• Pubmed ID:
  40359070
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC12353385
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  U19 OH008857/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Pages in Document:
  823-833 (28 pdf pages)
• Volume:
  67
• Issue:
  10
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/261412/cdc_261412_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 823.12 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:715042e8703c61e1d8f43834d5e0b0764231eb5c8fcf474fad384bd11ee0a66ff7bb668dfc1ddf1e1c84621217a1b35d75dc4ad12da6f72462af689dbfd248f0