The significance of the sense of coherence for various coping resources in stress situations used by police officers in on-the-beat service

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-15

  Dåderman, Anna M ^a   Colli, Daniel De ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

^b Division of Serious Criminal Offenses   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Comprehensibility; CRI; Manageability; Meaningfulness; Police officers; SOC

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSE OF COHERENCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 84898799942     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13382-014-0227-2     Document Type: Article

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