Citation

Korean Assoc. Public Saf. Crim. Just. Rev. 2017; 26(4): 31-50.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Korean Association of Public Safety and Criminal Justice)

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Abstract

The depression of the police officer is being magnified as the serious social issue. Affecting Factors on the depression for the management of tristimania of police officer have been searched in this research. The job stress has been selected as the factor causing the depression through the preceding research; it has been composed of the general job stress, emotional dissonance and post-traumatic stress. And the relative influence of job stress for the depression has been analyzed empirically. It is summarized as 2 kinds as the analysis result. First, the stress by the workplace culture out of general job stress of police officer and emotional dissonance by the emotional labor and the stress by the traumatic event appeared to affect the significant effect on the depression statistically. Second, the relative influence affecting on the depression appeared to be in the order of the workplace culture, emotional disharmony and post-traumatic stress. The stress by the workplace culture appeared to affect the biggest effect on the depression out of diverse job stress in relation to the police officer. Accordingly, the groupism existing in the police organization, the workplace culture instructing the inconsistent task, the vertical and authoritative workplace environment and the change of workplace culture like the sexual discrimination should be preceded for the management for the melancholy of police officer. And, in the second place, the management of emotional dissonance and post-traumatic stress by the emotional labor are necessary.

Language: ko

Keywords

Depression; Emotional Dissonance; Job Stress; Police Officer; Post-traumatic Stress.