Lecture 2 part 2 Flashcards
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Categories of police stressors
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- Occupational
- Organizational
- Criminal justice
- Public
2
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Occupational stressor
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- Killing someone
- Fellow officer killed
- High speed chase
3
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Organizational stressor
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- Inadequate support
- Excessive paper work
- Promotion competition
4
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Criminal justice stressor
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- Lenient sentences
- Legal technicalities
- Defence lawyers
5
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Public stressor
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- Public harassment
- Press accounts
- Quiet neighbours
6
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Most stressful situation
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High demand and little control
7
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Acute stressor
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- Very serious
- Short lived
8
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Chronic stressor
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- Less serious
- Long lived
9
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Consequences of police stress
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- Burnout
- Depression
- Alcohol abuse
- Turnover
- PTSD and suicide
10
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Selye’s 3 stage model (the GAS model)
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- Alarm, intense arousal, body defences mobilized, fight or flight
- Resistance, body actively resists stress and attempted to adapt
- Exhaustion, Physical exhaustion and illness through inability to cope with demands
11
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Preventing and managing stress
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- Informal support networks
- Physical fitness programs
- Professional counseling
- Family assistance programs
- Critical incident stress debriefings
12
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Resiliency training
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- Training police officers to improve their ability to effectively adapt to stress and adversity
- Education about reactions to stress
- Training in stress reduction techniques
- Limited but favourable evidence in training
13
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Psychological debriefings
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- Brief psychological oriented intervention delivered after distressing event
- Social support and venting of emotions
- Education about stress responses and coping mechanisms
- Mixed findings on efficacy, little or no effect on PTSD reduction
14
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Distress
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Condition characterized as emotional upset and/or physical strain
15
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Eustress
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Pleasurable stress
