Citation

Storch JE, Panzarella R. J. Crim. Justice 1996; 24(2): 99-107.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0047-2352(95)00058-5

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This study combined a standardized measure of stress with a questionnaire about job stressors, individual job and career variables, and personal variables. Seventy-nine police officers from three different departments in the United States participated in the study. In general, the officers scored low on the Spielberger et al. (1983) State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. The stressors in police work identified by them were primarily administrative matters and relationships with nonpolice. Officers who focused on the job's compensations experienced less stress than those who relished the excitement of the job, crime fighting, or people centered policing. More stress was experienced by officers who were inclined to think more frequently about the possibility of being injured and by officers adapting to changes in their work or family.