State Police Health Service Department, Ministry of the Interior, Rome, Italy.
Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2014 Apr;87(3):295-306. doi: 10.1007/s00420-013-0861-1. Epub 2013 Mar 6.
The police work is particularly stressful. The aim of this work was to clarify whether the personality factors are associated with perceived stress levels or reactivity to environmental stressors in a special body of police.
The police officers in charge of guaranteeing public order at the L'Aquila G8 meeting were subjected to a control of their levels of work-related stress in anticipation of the event. Personality was assessed by the Italian version of the Five-Factor Model questionnaire, while stress was measured three times (during routine work in January 2009, preparation and imminence of the event, in April and July 2009, respectively) with the demand/control/support model of Karasek and the effort/reward imbalance model of Siegrist. A total of 289 of 294 officers took part in the survey.
Some personality traits of the Five-Factor Model were associated with stress levels and stress reactivity. Neuroticism (low emotional stability) showed the strongest associations with job strain (demand/control ratio) (β = 0.115, p < 0.05) and effort/reward imbalance (β = 0.270, p < 0.001) and was associated with most of the stress variables. High agreeableness was associated with low effort/reward imbalance (β = -0.157, p < 0.01).
Personality factors may mitigate or increase the strain induced by environmental stressors.
警察工作压力特别大。本研究旨在明确人格因素是否与特定警察群体的感知压力水平或对环境应激源的反应性有关。
负责保障拉奎拉八国集团会议公共秩序的警察在活动前接受了工作相关压力水平的控制。人格采用意大利版五因素模型问卷进行评估，而压力则通过 Karasek 的需求/控制/支持模型和 Siegrist 的努力/回报失衡模型在三次测量（2009 年 1 月的日常工作、准备和临近活动时，分别在 2009 年 4 月和 7 月）。共有 294 名警察中的 289 名参加了调查。
五因素模型的一些人格特质与压力水平和压力反应性有关。神经质（情绪稳定性低）与工作压力（需求/控制比）（β=0.115，p<0.05）和努力/回报失衡（β=0.270，p<0.001）呈最强关联，与大多数压力变量有关。高宜人性与低努力/回报失衡有关（β=-0.157，p<0.01）。
人格因素可能减轻或增加环境应激源引起的紧张。
