Work-related Stress in Relation to Gender-based and Sexual Harassment Among a Group of Swedish Police Officers
In this cross-sectional study, we investigated work-related stress, gender-based and sexual harassment among police officers working in vulnerable areas in Stockholm. Data were collected from 152 police officers using a set of questionnaires. The results indicated that job stress in “impact on signi...
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| description | In this cross-sectional study, we investigated work-related stress, gender-based and sexual harassment among police officers working in vulnerable areas in Stockholm. Data were collected from 152 police officers using a set of questionnaires. The results indicated that job stress in “impact on significant others” and “operational stress” were reported as the two most highly rated work-related stress in police officers. Female police officers rated higher stress in “impact on significant others” and “operational stress” compared to their male counterparts. Job experience was correlated with two stress subscales only in female officers. Working as patrol officers and more than one shift were negatively associated with some stress subscales among male officers. The male officers who had experience of sexual harassment reported higher “self-image” stress and “operational stress”, whereas the female officers had higher “self-image” and “confrontation with death” stress. After controlling for gender and job experience, sexual harassment had a significant relationship with “operational stress” and “self-image stress” in police officers. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-88b0d01baa7f4086b854ba8e07a211bd2025-08-20T03:38:05ZengScandinavian University PressNordic Journal of Studies in Policing2703-70452023-04-0110111710.18261/njsp.10.1.3Work-related Stress in Relation to Gender-based and Sexual Harassment Among a Group of Swedish Police OfficersArian Rostami0Monica Burman1Mehdi Ghazinour2Jonas Hansson3Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå Center for Gender Studies, Police Education Unit, Umeå University, Umeå, SwedenPolice Education Unit, Umeå University, Umeå, SwedenPolice Education Unit, Umeå University, Umeå, SwedenPolice Education Unit, Umeå University, Umeå, SwedenIn this cross-sectional study, we investigated work-related stress, gender-based and sexual harassment among police officers working in vulnerable areas in Stockholm. Data were collected from 152 police officers using a set of questionnaires. The results indicated that job stress in “impact on significant others” and “operational stress” were reported as the two most highly rated work-related stress in police officers. Female police officers rated higher stress in “impact on significant others” and “operational stress” compared to their male counterparts. Job experience was correlated with two stress subscales only in female officers. Working as patrol officers and more than one shift were negatively associated with some stress subscales among male officers. The male officers who had experience of sexual harassment reported higher “self-image” stress and “operational stress”, whereas the female officers had higher “self-image” and “confrontation with death” stress. After controlling for gender and job experience, sexual harassment had a significant relationship with “operational stress” and “self-image stress” in police officers.http://www.idunn.no/doi/10.18261/njsp.10.1.3Work stressgender-based harassmentsexual harassmentgenderpolice officers |
| spellingShingle | Arian Rostami Monica Burman Mehdi Ghazinour Jonas Hansson Work-related Stress in Relation to Gender-based and Sexual Harassment Among a Group of Swedish Police Officers Nordic Journal of Studies in Policing Work stress gender-based harassment sexual harassment gender police officers |
| title | Work-related Stress in Relation to Gender-based and Sexual Harassment Among a Group of Swedish Police Officers |
| title_full | Work-related Stress in Relation to Gender-based and Sexual Harassment Among a Group of Swedish Police Officers |
| title_fullStr | Work-related Stress in Relation to Gender-based and Sexual Harassment Among a Group of Swedish Police Officers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Work-related Stress in Relation to Gender-based and Sexual Harassment Among a Group of Swedish Police Officers |
| title_short | Work-related Stress in Relation to Gender-based and Sexual Harassment Among a Group of Swedish Police Officers |
| title_sort | work related stress in relation to gender based and sexual harassment among a group of swedish police officers |
| topic | Work stress gender-based harassment sexual harassment gender police officers |
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