MMPI-2 assessed post-traumatic stress disorder related to job stress, coping, and personality in police agencies

Stress and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 223-229

  Haisch, Deanne C ^a,b   Meyers, Lawrence S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Job stress; MMPI 2; Personality; Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYEE; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTROVERSION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; NEUROSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONALITY TEST; POLICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 6344287221     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1020     Document Type: Article

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