The accumulated impact of critical incident exposure on correctional officers’ mental health

IF 4.6 1区 社会学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY
Joseph A. Schwartz, Bradon Valgardson, Christopher A. Jodis, Daniel P. Mears, Benjamin Steiner
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Abstract

Despite compelling arguments that prison work influences officer mental health, little attention has been devoted to directly and rigorously assessing this relationship. Even less attention has been attributed to the potential impact of critical incident exposure on mental health outcomes among officers. Drawing from a longitudinal sample of correctional officers from three prisons in Minnesota, the current study develops and then tests a resiliency-fatigue model by examining the impact of the accumulation of work-related critical incident exposures on symptoms related to posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety. As critical incident exposures accumulate, mental health symptoms are found to become more pronounced. The analyses also reveal evidence that mental health symptoms only increase to problematic levels once the accumulation of critical incidents reaches or surpasses an inflection point. The results underscore the importance of understanding the diverse groups affected by prisons and have downstream implications for incarcerated persons, as well as for prison systems more broadly.

突发事件对惩教人员心理健康的累积影响
尽管有令人信服的论据表明监狱工作会影响警官的心理健康,但很少有人关注对这种关系进行直接和严格的评估。至于关键事件暴露对官员心理健康结果的潜在影响,关注度就更低了。本研究以明尼苏达州三所监狱的惩教人员为纵向样本,通过考察与工作相关的突发事件暴露的累积对创伤后应激障碍、抑郁和焦虑相关症状的影响,建立并测试了恢复力-疲劳模型。随着突发事件暴露的累积,心理健康症状会变得更加明显。分析还显示,只有当突发事件的累积达到或超过一个拐点时,心理健康症状才会增加到有问题的程度。这些结果强调了了解受监狱影响的不同群体的重要性,并对被监禁者以及更广泛的监狱系统产生了下游影响。
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Criminology
Criminology CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-
CiteScore
8.10
自引率
6.90%
发文量
28
期刊介绍: Criminology is devoted to crime and deviant behavior. Disciplines covered in Criminology include: - sociology - psychology - design - systems analysis - decision theory Major emphasis is placed on empirical research and scientific methodology. Criminology"s content also includes articles which review the literature or deal with theoretical issues stated in the literature as well as suggestions for the types of investigation which might be carried out in the future.
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