Date of Award
1997
Degree Name
Criminal Justice
College
College of Science
Type of Degree
M.S.
Document Type
Thesis
First Advisor
Dr. Richard H. Moore
Second Advisor
Dr. Samuel L. Dameron
Third Advisor
Dr. Margaret P. Brown
Fourth Advisor
Dr. Leonard J. Deutsch
Abstract
In this study, a sample of 37 officers employed with the Huntington Police Department, a medium-sized Appalachian police department, were sampled about the stressfulness and frequency of selected items from Sewell’s Life Events Scale. From the responses to the survey items, a scale was created to assess the combined effects of frequency and stressfulness. Respondents were also asked to indicate what percentage of their total accumulated job-related stress was generated by each of Barker and Carter’s generic stressors of policing. Several group differences were found. A ranking of stressors was developed for the frequency, stress, the combined scales and compared to Sewell’s ranking of the same stressors. Several interesting statistically significant differences were found.
Subject(s)
Police – Job stress.
Stress (Psychology).
Stress Management.
Recommended Citation
Carter, James Walter II, "Re-evaluating the major stressors of policing" (1997). Theses, Dissertations and Capstones. 1579.
https://mds.marshall.edu/etd/1579
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