中国新冠疫情期间警察对健康风险、工作压力和心理困扰认知的探索性研究
An Exploratory Study of Police Officers' Perceptions of Health Risk, Work Stress, and Psychological Distress During the COVID-19 Outbreak in China.
作者信息
Huang Qiufeng, Bodla Ali Ahmad, Chen Chiyin
机构信息
School of Political Science and Public Administration, Huaqiao University, Quanzhou, China.
School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
出版信息
Front Psychol. 2021 Mar 19;12:632970. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.632970. eCollection 2021.
BACKGROUND
How do the police officers perceive health risk, psychological distress, and work stress during the COVID-19 outbreak in China? This study explores the health risk perception, work stress, and psychological distress of police officers who worked at the front line to implement lockdown measures.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
We conducted a large-scale field survey ( = 5,611) with police officers sample in the northwestern part of China from February 29 to March 7, 2020. Independent-sample -test and ANOVA were used to analyze whether there are differences in health risk perception, work stress, and psychological distress between different groups. The regression analysis was employed to figure out the factors that influence police officers' psychological distress.
RESULTS
Results showed a gender difference in perceiving work stress among police officers. Also, police officers with chronic disease perceived higher health risks, more psychological distress, and higher work stress. Additionally, police officers above 45 years old significantly perceived higher health risks than young officers did. It also revealed that working hours contribute to police officers' health risk perception, psychological distress, and work stress. Finally, our results highlight that age, working hours, chronic disease, health risk perception, and work stress significantly contribute to police officers' psychological distress.
CONCLUSION
Our research verifies that there is a gender difference in perceiving work stress among police officers. Police officers with ongoing medical issues and above 45 years old suffer more during the COVID-19 outbreak in China. Our research suggests that the government should pay more attention to their physical health and mental health. The heavy workload containing the COVID-19 extends police officers' working hours, causing higher health risks, work stress, and psychological distress. This study contributes to the psychological distress literature and provides a way forward to other countries struggling to contain the COVID-19.
背景
在中国新冠疫情爆发期间，警察如何看待健康风险、心理困扰和工作压力？本研究探讨了在一线执行封锁措施的警察的健康风险认知、工作压力和心理困扰。
材料与方法
2020年2月29日至3月7日，我们对中国西北部的警察样本进行了大规模实地调查（n = 5611）。采用独立样本t检验和方差分析来分析不同组之间在健康风险认知、工作压力和心理困扰方面是否存在差异。采用回归分析来找出影响警察心理困扰的因素。
结果
结果显示警察在工作压力认知上存在性别差异。此外，患有慢性病的警察感知到更高的健康风险、更多的心理困扰和更高的工作压力。此外，45岁以上的警察明显比年轻警察感知到更高的健康风险。研究还表明工作时长会影响警察的健康风险认知以及心理困扰和工作压力。最后，我们的结果强调年龄、工作时长、慢性病、健康风险认知和工作压力会显著影响警察的心理困扰。
结论
我们的研究证实了警察在工作压力认知上存在性别差异。在中国新冠疫情爆发期间，患有慢性病的警察和45岁以上的警察遭受的痛苦更多。我们的研究表明政府应更加关注他们的身心健康。包含新冠疫情应对工作的繁重工作量延长了警察的工作时长，导致更高的健康风险、工作压力和心理困扰。本研究为心理困扰方面的文献做出了贡献，并为其他努力控制新冠疫情的国家提供了一条前进的道路。
Zotero 插件