Coping with the occupational stressors of police work: A study of Scottish officers

Stress Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 109-115

  Biggam, Fiona H ^a   Power, Kevin G ^a   Macdonald, Ranald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Coping; Gender; GHQ 28; Police; Rank; Working location

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030981141     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199704)13:2<109::AID-SMI724>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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