Association of work-related stress with mental health problems in a special police force unit

Objectives. Law and order enforcement tasks may expose special force police officers to significant psychosocial risk factors. The aim of this work is to investigate the relationship between job stress and the presence of mental health symptoms while controlling for socio-demographical, occupational and personality variables in special force police officers. Method: At different time points, 292 out of 294 members of the 'VI Reparto Mobile', a special police force engaged exclusively in the enforcement of law and order, responded to our invitation to complete questionnaires for the assessment of personality traits, work-related stress (using the demand-control-support (DCS) and the effort-reward-imbalance (ERI) models), and mental health problems such as depression, anxiety and burnout. Results: Regression analyses showed that lower levels of support and reward and higher levels of effort and overcomittment were associated with higher levels of mental health symptoms. Psychological scre...

研究目的：执法勤务任务可能使特警队员（special force police officers）面临显著的社会心理风险因素。本研究旨在探究特警队员的工作压力与心理健康症状出现情况之间的关联，并控制社会人口学、职业及人格变量的影响。
研究方法：本研究于多个时间点，面向仅专职承担执法勤务任务的特殊警察部队“VI Reparto Mobile”的294名成员中的292人，邀请其完成问卷，以评估其人格特质、工作相关压力（采用需求-控制-支持（demand-control-support, DCS）模型与付出-回报失衡（effort-reward-imbalance, ERI）模型），以及抑郁、焦虑、职业倦怠等心理健康问题。
研究结果：回归分析结果显示，较低的支持水平与回报水平、较高的付出水平与过度投入程度，均与更高水平的心理健康症状显著相关。心理筛查……