Surviving the Shift: Rural Police Stress and Counseling Services

Psychological Services

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-22

  Page, Kyle S ^a   Jacobs, Sue C ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling services; Peer support; Rural police; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952604375     PISSN: 15411559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021796     Document Type: Article

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