Mental, physical, and behavioral outcomes associated with perceived work stress in police officers

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 275-289

  Gershon, Robyn R M ^a,e   Barocas, Briana ^b   Canton, Allison N ^c   Xianbin Li, ^a   Vlahov, David ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^d NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Law enforcement; Police stress; Stress; Work stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 59549104167     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854808330015     Document Type: Article

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