OCCUPATIONAL STRESS - COPING OF POLICE AND THEIR SPOUSES

Authors
BEEHR TA JOHNSON LB NIEVA R
Citation
Ta. Beehr et al., OCCUPATIONAL STRESS - COPING OF POLICE AND THEIR SPOUSES, Journal of organizational behavior, 16(1), 1995, pp. 3-25
Citations number
75
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Applied
Journal title
Journal of organizational behavior → ACNP
ISSN journal
08943796
Volume
16
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
3 - 25
Database
ISI
SICI code
0894-3796(1995)16:1<3:OS-COP>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
One hundred seventy-seven police officers and their spouses from two m etropolitan areas completed separate questionnaires regarding stress a nd coping. Both the police and spouses reported using four coping acti vities in response to their own stressors: problem focused, emotion fo cused, religiosity, and rugged individualism. Three potential police s trains previously noted in non-empirical literature were given special attention; divorce potential, drinking behavior, and suicide thoughts .