Building Resilience in an Urban Police Department
- Authors
- Ramey, Sandra L.; Perkhounkova, Yelena; Hein, Maria; Chung, Sophia; Franke, Warren D.; Anderson, Amanda A.
- Issue Date
- Aug-2016
- Publisher
- LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE, v.58, no.8, pp 796 - 804
- Pages
- 9
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE
- Volume
- 58
- Number
- 8
- Start Page
- 796
- End Page
- 804
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/59994
- DOI
- 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000791
- ISSN
- 1076-2752
1536-5948
- Abstract
- Objective: The aim of this study is to examine a resilience training intervention that impacts autonomic responses to stress and improves cardiovascular risk, psychological, and physiological outcomes in police. Methods: Officers [(n = 38) 22 to 54 years] modified emotional and physical responses to stress using self-regulation. Measurements include psychological and physiological measures [eg, heart rate variability (HRV), blood pressure, C-reactive protein)] obtained at three time intervals. Results: Age was significantly (P < 0.05) associated with changes on several measures of psychological stress (eg, critical incident stress, emotional vitality, and depression). Associations were found between coherence and improved HbA1c (r = -0.66, P < 0.001) and stress due to organizational pressures (r = -0.44, P = 0.03). Improvements in sympathetic and parasympathetic contributors of HRV were significant (P < 0.03). Conclusion: A stress-resilience intervention improves certain responses to job stress with greater benefits for younger participants.
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