The relationship between spirituality and mental health among police trainees

IF 1.4 3区社会学 Q2 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Policing-An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management Pub Date : 2023-04-18 DOI:10.1108/pijpsm-09-2022-0125

Mu He, J. Lu, J. H. Chen, Kwok-kit Tong

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Abstract

PurposeThis study aimed to investigate the relationship between spirituality, including religious spirituality (i.e. supernatural beliefs) and secular spirituality (i.e. social beliefs), and mental health among police trainees.Design/methodology/approachParticipants in this study were police trainees of a police academy. An online survey was conducted to measure spirituality and mental health among these police trainees. The association between spirituality and mental health was analyzed using hierarchical linear regression and hierarchical logistic regression with demographic variables (i.e. gender and age) controlled for.FindingsThe results revealed that the police trainees with stronger secular spirituality tended to have better general mental health. Higher levels of secular spirituality were significantly associated with lower levels of mental illness risk and suicidal ideation. By contrast, religious spirituality was not significantly related to police trainees' mental health.Originality/valueThe present study is the first to empirically investigate the relationship between spirituality and mental health among police trainees. The findings may be enlightening for future research on the mental health of police officers and trainees, and provide novel perspectives and pragmatic implications for the development of spirituality-based prevention strategies and intervention programs for enhancing the mental health and well-being of the police.

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警察受训人员精神状态与心理健康的关系

目的探讨警察学员的宗教信仰(即超自然信仰)和世俗信仰(即社会信仰)与心理健康的关系。设计/方法/方法本研究的参与者为某警察学院的警察学员。进行了一项在线调查，以衡量这些警察学员的精神和心理健康状况。采用层次线性回归和层次逻辑回归分析了灵性与心理健康之间的关系，并控制了人口统计学变量(即性别和年龄)。结果表明，警界见习生的世俗灵性越强，其总体心理健康状况越好。较高水平的世俗灵性与较低水平的精神疾病风险和自杀意念显著相关。相比之下，宗教灵性与警察学员心理健康无显著相关。本研究首次对警察培训生的灵性与心理健康的关系进行实证研究。研究结果可为未来警务人员及培训生的心理健康研究提供启示，并为制定基于灵性的预防策略和干预方案提供新的视角和实用意义，以促进警察的心理健康和福祉。

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Policing-An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-

CiteScore

3.20

自引率

15.00%

发文量

期刊介绍： ■Community policing ■Managerial styles and leadership ■Performance measurement and accountability ■Pursuit guidelines ■Crime trends and analysis ■Crisis negotiation ■Civil disorder ■Organized crime ■Victimology ■Crime prevention ■Career development ■High risk police activities ■Routine policing ■Traffic enforcement ■Civil litigation.