Comparison of police stressors and negative psychosocial outcomes for officers in departments with and without community conflict directed toward them
| Published date | 01 September 2018 |
| Author | Helen M Hendy,D Alper Camlibel,S Hakan Can |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X17710892 |
| Date | 01 September 2018 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
Article
Comparison of police
stressors and negative
psychosocial outcomes
for officers in departments
with and without
community conflict
directed toward them
S Hakan Can
Administration of Justice Program, Penn State University-Schuylkill, PA,
USA
Helen M Hendy
Psychology Program, Penn State University-Schuylkill, PA, USA
D Alper Camlibel
Superintendent, Turkish National Police, Turkey; University of
Wisconsin, Oshkosh, WI, USA
Abstract
The present study offers a unique comparison of workplace stressors and negative
psychosocial outcomes for police officers with and without community conflict directed
toward their departments, using identical measures for each sample. Participants included
233 Turkish officers from Istanbul who were presently receiving community conflict
targeting their department and 207 officers from the northeastern United States who
were not experiencing such community conflict. The two samples differed in age, years
of police service and household size, so these variables were used as covariates in
ANCOVAs that compared the two samples for four police stressors (Critical Incidents,
Departmental Politics, Daily Hassles, Work-Home Conflict) and three negative
Corresponding author:
S Hakan Can, Administration of Ju stice, Penn State University, Schuylkill Campus, 200 Univer sity Drive,
Schuylkill Haven, PA, 17972, USA.
Email: hakancan@psu.edu
The Police Journal:
Theory, Practice and Principles
2018, Vol. 91(3) 239–248
ªThe Author(s) 2017
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