Role conflicts, emotional exhaustion and health problems: A study of police officers in Taiwan

Stress and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 259-265

  Wu, Chia Huei ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Burnout; Exhaustion; Job demands; Police; Role conflict

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY CONFLICT; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JOB DEMANDS AND RESOURCES MODEL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLICE; ROLE STRESS; SLEEP DISORDER; STOMACH PAIN; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TAIWAN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 70049098924     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1245     Document Type: Article

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