Emotional distress among police academy recruits: Humor and coping

2021 ◽  
pp. 0032258X2110184
Author(s):  
Brooke McQuerrey Tuttle ◽  
Michael J Merten ◽  
Brandt Gardner ◽  
Alex J Bishop ◽  
Julie M Croff
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Distress ◽  
Coping Strategy ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Police Academy ◽  
Police Recruits ◽  
Academy Training ◽  
Levels Of Use ◽  
And Coping ◽  
National Police

Police work, beginning as early as academy training, is inherently stressful and carries risks for officer wellbeing. Humor has been cited as useful way for officers to handle stress. This study investigated the relationship between humor and emotional distress among a sample of 101 police recruits from Phase 1 of the National Police Research Platform. Findings indicated that reliance on humor as a coping strategy increased among recruits during the police academy and hierarchical regression analyses showed that greater levels of use of humor as a coping strategy in the academy predicted a decrease in emotional distress upon academy graduation.

A Brief Exploratory Report of Coping Strategies Among Police Recruits During Academy Training

2016 ◽  
Vol 119 (2) ◽  
pp. 557-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
George T. Patterson
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Longitudinal Studies ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Work Stressors ◽  
Police Recruits ◽  
Ways Of Coping Questionnaire ◽  
Management Interventions ◽  
Academy Training ◽  
Exploratory Report ◽  
And Coping

Few longitudinal studies have investigated the use of coping strategies among police recruits. This study investigated perceived life and work stressors, appraisal, and coping over a seven-month police recruit academy training program. Participants were 81 police recruits who completed the Ways of Coping Questionnaire at three time points approximately three months apart. The average age of the recruits was 27.6 years ( SD = 5.1, range 20–51). Separate repeated measures analyses of variance were conducted to examine coping scores. Statistically significant decreases, although small, were observed in reported emotion-focused, problem-focused, and seeking social support coping strategies. Results suggested that as police recruits undergo academy training, they rely on fewer coping strategies to deal with life and work stress. More longitudinal studies are needed that assess the methods police recruits utilize to manage stress during academy training. Such results can inform stress management interventions.

Exploring recruits’ motivations to enter policing in Small Island Developing States: The case of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service

2021 ◽  
pp. 146135572110218
Author(s):  
Wendell C. Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Trinidad And Tobago ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Police Academy ◽  
Small Island Developing States ◽  
Police Recruits ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Police Service ◽  
Academy Training ◽  
Using Data

Internationally, there is a substantial amount of research on motivations to enter the police profession; however, scant research attention has been paid to the motivations of individuals in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) such as Trinidad and Tobago who choose policing as a career path. As a result, this research was designed to analyze motivations for entering the police profession by gathering data from recruits who had recently entered police academy training in Trinidad and Tobago. The research utilized a quantitative approach with self-administered questionnaires as the data-gathering instrument. Using data collected from 160 police recruits at the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) police academy who were two months into their induction training, this study attempts to answer four questions related to their motivations for entering policing. Statistical analyses of the data included comparisons between groups in the sample (males/females) to determine the existence of competing motivations. The results indicate that job security was the main motivation for entry into the TTPS and that the motivations of male recruits were more altruistic when compared with those of female recruits, which were generally self-serving. Other results and implications for policy are discussed.

scholarly journals Does the Police Academy Change Your Life? A Longitudinal Study of Changes in Socialising Behaviour of Police Recruits

2003 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia L. Obst ◽  
Jeremy D. Davey
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Social Behaviour ◽  
Police Training ◽  
Police Academy ◽  
Training Process ◽  
Police Recruits ◽  
Academy Training ◽  
The Social ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Way

The current study tracks the social behaviour of new police recruits from pre-Academy, after six months' Academy training, through to one year into police training ( N = 177). The results showed that recruits socialise and drink more with colleagues after entering the Academy than they did pre-Academy. The way recruits drank also changed during training with a tendency towards heavier drinking sessions. Further results indicated that recruits did feel some pressure to drink to fit in and be one of the crowd. These findings, based on a longitudinal methodology suggest that the enculturation process encouraging recruits to socialise and drink with peers begins early in the training process. The findings are discussed in terms of intervention.

scholarly journals Stress Appraisal, Coping, and Work Engagement among Police Recruits: An Exploratory Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 114 (2) ◽  
pp. 635-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Kaiseler ◽  
Fernando Passos ◽  
Cristina Queirós ◽  
Pedro Sousa
Keyword(s):  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Active Coping ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Stress Appraisal ◽  
Police Recruits ◽  
Academy Training ◽  
And Coping

This study investigated the influence of stress appraisal and coping on work engagement levels (Absorption, Vigour, and Dedication) of police recruits. Participants were 387 men, ages 20 to 33 yr. ( M = 24.1, SD = 2.4), in their last month of academy training before becoming police officers. Partially in support of predictions, work engagement was associated with Stressor control perceived, but not Stress intensity experienced over a self-selected stressor. Although the three dimensions of work engagement were explained by Stressor control and coping, Absorption was the dimension better explained by these variables. Police recruits reporting higher Absorption, Vigour, and Dedication reported using more Active coping and less Behavioural disengagement. Results showed that stress appraisal and coping are important variables influencing work engagement among police recruits. Findings suggested that future applied interventions fostering work engagement among police recruits should reinforce perceptions of control over a stressor as well as Active coping strategies.

Does neuroticism predict the relation between amount of emotion experienced and coping strategy use?

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole L. Wilson ◽  
Yuichi Shoda ◽  
Ronald E. Smith ◽  
Brian D. Raffety ◽  
J. T. Ptacek
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategy ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
And Coping

TINGKAT STRES KERJA DAN STRATEGI KOPING GURU SD DALAM IMPLEMENTASI KURIKULUM 2013

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-164
Author(s):  
Nadia Yuli Pertiwi ◽  
Ice Yulia Wardani
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Work Stress ◽  
Coping Strategy ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Central District ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Moderate Stress

Kualitas guru sangat mempengaruhi pendidikan pada setiap jenjangnya termasuk jenjang sekolah dasar. Profesi guru termasuk salah satu pekerjaan yang memiliki tingkat stres kerja yang tinggi. Salah satu penyebab stres adalah kurikulum pendidikan.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran tingkat stres kerja dan strategi koping guru sekolah dasar negeri dalam implementasi kurikulum 2013 di Kecamatan Bogor Tengah Kota Bogor. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain penelitian deskriptif kuantitatif sederhana dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Penelitian ini melibatkan 222 guru di sekolah dasar negeri Kecamatan Bogor Tengah yang dipilih menggunakan purposive sampling. Hasil penelitian ini menggambarkan bahwa sebesar (81,5%) guru mengalami stres sedang. Penjabaran dari dimensi stres kerja yaitu dimensi peran kerja individu (ORQ), dimensi beban kerja individu (PSQ), dan dimensi sumber daya yang dimiliki (PRQ) menunjukkan bahwa mayoritas guru mengalami stres sedang pada ketiga kategori tersebut. Adapun jenis strategi koping yang paling sering digunakan adalah problem focused coping (54,6%). Hasil penelitian ini diharapkan agar perawat dapat bekerja sama dengan pihak sekolah dasar negeri untuk memfasilitasi kegiatan yang dapat meminimalkan kejadian stres kerja dengan penggunaan strategi koping yang tepat.   Kata kunci: Guru sekolah dasar negeri, stres kerja, kurikulum 2013, strategi koping   THE LEVEL OF STRESS AND COPING STRATEGY OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN IMPLEMENTATION OF CURRICULUM 2013   ABSTRACT Teachers quality is greatly influence education at the whole level of education including elementary school level. Teachers are one of the jobs with high levels of work stress. One of the causes of work stress is  educational curriculum. This study aims to determine the level of stress and coping strategy of elementary school teachers in implementation of curriculum 2013 in Bogor Central District, Bogor. The design in this research used descriptive quantitative with cross sectional approach. This study involved 222 elementary schools teachers in Bogor Central District selected by purposive sampling. The results of this study illustrate the majority of elementary schools teachers in Bogor Central District (81,5%) experience moderate stress. Each dimension of work stress, occupational role (ORQ), personal strain (PSQ) and personal resources (PRQ) show that the majority of teachers experience moderate stress. The type of coping strategy that is most often used by elementary schools teachers in Bogor Central Districtis is problem focused coping (54,6%). The results of this study recommend nurses to be able for collaboration with school to facilitate activities that could reduce stress and use appropriate coping strategies.   Keywords: Elementary School Teacher, work stress, curriculum 2013, coping strategy

Cause analysis and coping strategy of early bioprosthesis failure: a report of three cases and literature review

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 1016
Author(s):  
Zhao AN ◽  
Ben ZHANG ◽  
Fan YANG ◽  
Xiao-hong LIU ◽  
Hao TANG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Coping Strategy ◽  
Cause Analysis ◽  
And Coping

“Laying Hands” and Learning to Touch and Grab in the Police Academy

2019 ◽  
pp. 446-468
Author(s):  
Brian Lande
Keyword(s):  
Police Officer ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Gain Control ◽  
Police Force ◽  
Police Culture ◽  
Police Academy ◽  
Attitudes And Beliefs ◽  
Police Recruits ◽  
Hands On

Research on the formation of police officers generally focuses on the beliefs, accounts, and categories that recruits must master. Becoming a police officer, however, is not simply a matter of acquiring new attitudes and beliefs. This article attends to an unexplored side of police culture—the sensorial and tactile education that recruits undergo at the police academy. Rubenstein wrote in 1973 that a police officer’s first tool is his or her body. This article examines the formation of the police body by examining how police recruits learn to use their hands as instruments of control. In police vernacular, this means learning to “lay hands” (a term borrowed from Pentecostal traditions) or going “hands on.” This chapter focuses on two means of using the hands: searching and defensive tactics. It describes how instructors teach recruits to use their hands for touching, manipulating, and grabbing the clothing and flesh of others to sense weapons and contraband. It also examines how recruits are taught to grab, manipulate, twist, and strike others in order to gain control of “unruly” bodies. It concludes by discussing the implications of “touching like a cop” for understanding membership in the police force.

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