Occupational stress and work engagement among military police officers.

Autor: Santos FBD; Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande. Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Rua General Osório s/nº 4º piso sala 10, Centro. 96201-900 Rio Grande RS Brasil. lucianolourencao.enf@gmail.com., Lourenção LG; Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande. Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Rua General Osório s/nº 4º piso sala 10, Centro. 96201-900 Rio Grande RS Brasil. lucianolourencao.enf@gmail.com., Vieira E; Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande. Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Rua General Osório s/nº 4º piso sala 10, Centro. 96201-900 Rio Grande RS Brasil. lucianolourencao.enf@gmail.com., Ximenes Neto FRG; Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú - UVA. Sobral Ceará Brasil., Oliveira AMN; Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande. Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Rua General Osório s/nº 4º piso sala 10, Centro. 96201-900 Rio Grande RS Brasil. lucianolourencao.enf@gmail.com., Oliveira JF; Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande. Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Rua General Osório s/nº 4º piso sala 10, Centro. 96201-900 Rio Grande RS Brasil. lucianolourencao.enf@gmail.com., Borges MA; Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande. Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Rua General Osório s/nº 4º piso sala 10, Centro. 96201-900 Rio Grande RS Brasil. lucianolourencao.enf@gmail.com., Arroyo TR; Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto. São José do Rio Preto São Paulo Brasil.
Jazyk: Portuguese; English
Zdroj: Ciencia & saude coletiva [Cien Saude Colet] 2021 Dec; Vol. 26 (12), pp. 5987-5996. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 23.
DOI: 10.1590/1413-812320212612.14782021
Abstrakt: 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.
Databáze: MEDLINE