التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Work Stress and Psychoactive Substance Use among Correctional Officers in the USA. |
| المؤلفون: |
Jayawardene, Wasantha, Kumbalatara, Chesmi, Jones, Alsten, McDaniel, Justin |
| المصدر: |
Psychoactives; Mar2024, Vol. 3 Issue 1, p65-77, 13p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
JOB stress, CORRECTIONAL personnel, SUBSTANCE abuse, PRISON reform, STRESS management |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
MASSACHUSETTS, TEXAS |
| مستخلص: |
Background: Correctional officers' life expectancy in the U.S. is 59 years, compared to the population average of 75 years. Correctional officers have higher suicide rates than others and carry a higher risk for substance use. This study examined relationships between work stress, psychoactive substance use, and preferred venues for treatment. Methods: Secondary analysis was conducted on 2017–2018 data from interviews with correctional officers, randomly sampled from prisons within Massachusetts and Texas. Independent sample t-test, multinomial logistic regression, and mediation effect model were used for analysis. Results: Of the 1083 participants (mean age = 38.6), 71.4% were males, 62.9% were White, 17.0% were veterans, and 46.7% worked in maximum-security prisons, among which 70.8% used alcohol and 17.2% sedatives in the last month. While 52.3% did not prefer receiving stress management services from the department, 32.9% did not prefer receiving from outside. Alcohol and sedative use were associated positively with work stress and counterproductive workplace behaviors, and negatively with organizational citizenship and task performance. Preferred treatment varied based on work stress and substance use. Conclusions: Work stress and psychoactive substance use among correctional officers are multifactorial. Interventions should be tailored to officers' needs and preferred treatment venues. Prison reform should address the needs of not only inmates, but also officers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
|
Copyright of Psychoactives is the property of MDPI and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.) |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
Complementary Index |
Full Text Finder