Yonsei University College of Nursing, Mo-Im Kim Nursing Research Institute, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea.
BMC Public Health. 2020 Apr 9;20(1):470. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-08546-3.
Police officers have long been known to have one of the most stressful occupations. This study investigates their stress levels, coping styles, and subjective well-being, including affect and life satisfaction. We also explore the interrelationships of these factors to determine how coping style influences a police officer's subjective well-being.
We used a convenience sampling method for 112 police officers in a metropolitan area in South Korea. Data were collected using self-administered questionnaires. The questionnaires consisted of the following scales: job stress, coping style, positive/negative affect, and life satisfaction that measured subjective well-being. Descriptive statistics, a correlation analysis and Hayes' PROCESS macro, and bootstrap analysis were performed.
The level of job stress for the participants was moderate, with an average of 43.57 out of 100. The mean scores of positive affect was 17.38 out of 40, 8.50 out of 40 for negative affect, and 20.76 out of 35 for life satisfaction. Job stress and coping were significantly correlated with subjective well-being, and problem-solving style mediated stress, positive affect, and life satisfaction. Lastly, assistance pursuit style mediated stress and positive affect.
Participants' problem-solving and assistance pursuit coping styles were shown as important mediating factors for stress and subjective well-being, especially positive affect. These findings need to be considered when planning interventions and implementing strategies focusing on the psychosocial health of the improvement of police officers' well-being.
警察的职业压力一直以来都众所周知。本研究旨在调查警察的压力水平、应对方式以及主观幸福感，包括积极情绪和生活满意度。我们还探讨了这些因素之间的相互关系，以确定应对方式如何影响警察的主观幸福感。
我们采用便利抽样法，对韩国一个大都市地区的 112 名警察进行了研究。数据收集采用自填式问卷。问卷包括以下量表：工作压力、应对方式、积极/消极情绪和生活满意度，以衡量主观幸福感。采用描述性统计、相关分析和 Hayes 的 PROCESS 宏及 bootstrap 分析。
参与者的工作压力水平中等，平均得分为 100 分中的 43.57 分。积极情绪的平均得分为 40 分中的 17.38 分，消极情绪的平均得分为 40 分中的 8.50 分，生活满意度的平均得分为 35 分中的 20.76 分。工作压力和应对方式与主观幸福感显著相关，问题解决型应对方式在压力、积极情绪和生活满意度之间起中介作用。此外，寻求帮助型应对方式在压力和积极情绪之间起中介作用。
参与者的问题解决和寻求帮助的应对方式被证明是压力和主观幸福感的重要中介因素，尤其是积极情绪。在规划干预措施和实施策略时，需要考虑这些发现，这些措施和策略的重点是改善警察的社会心理健康和幸福感。
