The social construction of the meaning of acute stressors: A qualitative study of the personal accounts of police officers using a stress counselling service

Work and Stress

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 226-244

  Dick, P ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute stressors; Occupational stress; Organizational stress; Police; Social construction; Stress; Subjective meaning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUNSELING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATION; ORGANIZATION; POLICE; QUALITY CONTROL; STRESS;

EID: 0034448585     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678370010026422     Document Type: Article

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