Stress, burnout, and work-family conflict among police officers: The moderating effect of emotion regulation strategies

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Toth, A. (2019). Stress, burnout, and work-family conflict among police officers: The moderating effect of emotion regulation strategies. Unc Charlotte Electronic Theses And Dissertations.
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Abstract

Police officers have an incredibly stressful and emotionally laborious job, which can lead to burnout and issues with their work on the clock spilling over and influencing their time with their family off the clock (i.e. work-family conflict). Due to the harmful effects of stress on burnout and work-family conflict, it is important to find coping mechanisms to reduce these harmful effects. Two such coping mechanisms that were investigated in this study were emotion regulation strategies, specifically reappraisal and suppression. A sample of 81 police officers was used to test whether reappraisal buffers, and suppression strengthens, the relationship between stress and burnout and stress and work-family conflict. Ultimately, reappraisal and suppression did not significantly moderate the relationship between stress and negative outcomes. Because this study was underpowered and because of the positive practical implications of finding a coping strategy to help reduce the negative effects of stress in policing, future research should continue to investigate emotion regulation strategies as potential coping mechanisms for individuals in high-stress occupations.

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Author

Toth, Allison

Title

Stress, burnout, and work-family conflict among police officers: The moderating effect of emotion regulation strategies

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1 online resource (69 pages) : PDF

Date

2019

Degree Granting Institution

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Abstract

Police officers have an incredibly stressful and emotionally laborious job, which can lead to burnout and issues with their work on the clock spilling over and influencing their time with their family off the clock (i.e. work-family conflict). Due to the harmful effects of stress on burnout and work-family conflict, it is important to find coping mechanisms to reduce these harmful effects. Two such coping mechanisms that were investigated in this study were emotion regulation strategies, specifically reappraisal and suppression. A sample of 81 police officers was used to test whether reappraisal buffers, and suppression strengthens, the relationship between stress and burnout and stress and work-family conflict. Ultimately, reappraisal and suppression did not significantly moderate the relationship between stress and negative outcomes. Because this study was underpowered and because of the positive practical implications of finding a coping strategy to help reduce the negative effects of stress in policing, future research should continue to investigate emotion regulation strategies as potential coping mechanisms for individuals in high-stress occupations.

Genre

masters theses

Subjects--Topics

Management
Psychology

Degree

M.A.

Keywords

Burnout
Emotion Regulation
Policing
Stress
Work-Family Conflict

Subject Area

Psychology Industrial/Organizational

Advisor(s)

Bochantin, Jaime
Shanock, Linda

Committee Members

Banks, George

Degree Note

Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2019.

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Toth_uncc_0694N_11981

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