Occupational stress and work engagementamong military police officers

Ciencia e Saude Coletiva

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Santos, Fernando Braga dos¹  Lourenção, Luciano Garcia¹  Vieira, Evellym¹  Ximenes Neto, Francisco Rosemiro Guimarães²  Oliveira, Adriane Maria Netto de¹  Oliveira, Jacqueline Flores de¹  Borges, Márcio Andrade¹  Arroyo, Thiago Roberto³ 

[1]Universidade Federal do Rio Grande

[2]Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú

[3]Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto

关键词: Occupational stress;    Work engagement;    Police;    Military personnel;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1413-812320212612.14782021

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Associacao Brasileira de Pos - Graduacao em Saude Coletiva

【 摘 要 】

This paper investigates the levels of occupational stress and work engagement among military police officers. This cross-sectional, descriptive, and analytical study was conducted with 268 police officers from the 3rd Military Police Battalion of Paraná state. We observed significant levels of occupational stress in 125 (46.7%) police officers. The main stressors were lack of career growth prospects (3.7; ±1.3); inadequate training (3.4; ±1.2); discrimination/favoritism in the work environment (3.1; ±1.4); long working hours (3.0; ±1.4); distribution of tasks (2.7; ±1.1); control type (2.7; ±1.1); gaps in disclosing information about organizational decisions (2.7; ±1.2); low valuation (2.7; ±1.2). Levels of work engagement ranged from 3.8 [medium] to 4.1 [high]. The correlation between occupational stress and work engagement was low for the dimensions of Absorption (r: -.284; p<0.001) and Overall Score (r: -0.393; p<0.001) and moderate for the dimensions Vigor (r: -0.422; p<0.001) and Dedication (r: -0.414; p<0.001). We concluded that an important number of police officers had shown occupational stress. However, they displayed good levels of work engagement and are enthusiastic, inspired, and proud of their work.

【 授权许可】

CC BY