The relationship between perceived organizational support, perceived coworker support, debriefing and professional quality of life in Florida law enforcement officers
| Author | Tracy Wharton,Lynn Unruh,Xinliang “Albert” Liu,Anastasia Miller,Ning “Jackie” Zhang |
| Date | 01 September 2017 |
| DOI | 10.1177/1461355717717995 |
| Published date | 01 September 2017 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
Article
The relationship between perceived
organizational support, perceived
coworker support, debriefing and
professional quality of life in Florida
law enforcement officers
Anastasia Miller
Department of Public Affairs, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Lynn Unruh
Department of Health Management and Informatics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Tracy Wharton
Department of Social Work, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Xinliang “Albert” Liu
Department of Health Management and Informatics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Ning “Jackie” Zhang
Department of Interprofessional Health Sciences and Health administration, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between perceived organizational support, perceived coworker
support, and debriefing on the one hand, andcompassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress on the other
hand in Floridalaw enforcement officers. Toexplore the relationships between these constructs, the researchexamined the
relationships of the work environment of Florida law enforcement personnel by administering surveys gaging perceived
organizational support, perceived coworker support, psychological resilience, and debriefing activities that the personnel
participatein. The Professional Qualityof Life: Compassion Satisfactionand Compassion Fatigue Version 5 was also sentout
to establish the self-reported levels of compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress. A total of 826
surveys were completed by law enforcement personnel across the state of Florida. The study found that there were
relationships between perceived organizational support, perceived coworker support, and debriefing activities and the
levels of compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress in Florida law enforcement personnel.
Keywords
Compassion satisfaction, burnout, secondary traumatic stress, law enforcement, Florida, ProQOL 5, perceived
organizational support, perceived coworker support, debriefing, psychological resilience
Submitted 29 Nov 2016, Revise received 18 May 2017, accepted 01 Jun 2017
Introduction
Although they perform a vital service, public safety person-
nel are often overlooked until an emergency occurs. Despite
a substantial amount of research into law enforcement
Corresponding author:
Anastasia Miller, College of Health and Public Affairs, University of Central
Florida, 4364 Scorpius Street, Orlando, FL 32816-2205, USA.
Email: Anastasia.Miller@dr.com
International Journalof
Police Science & Management
2017, Vol. 19(3) 129–139
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