Sources of occupational stress in the police

Work and Stress

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 305-318

  Brown, Jennifer M ^a   Campbell, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a Hampshire Constabulary ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Job Characteristics; Police; Stress; Stressors; Well beinp

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

EID: 0025820533     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678379008256993     Document Type: Article

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