Purpose

The purpose of the study is to determine the prevalence of stress and to identify the occupational stressors among Lebanese police officers.

Design/methodology/approach

Operational Police Stress Questionnaire (PSQ-op) was addressed to 100 randomly selected male Lebanese Police officers. Twenty items from the PSQ-op were run through the principal component analysis to determine the most significant factors of stress and loading within each of the factors.

Findings

The results indicated that 59% of officers reported moderate stress level and 41% reported strenuous stress. Principal component analysis identified six independent factors or stress among Lebanese police officers explaining in total 72.1% of the total variance: excessive workload (30.6%), social-life time management (12.8%), occupational fitness (9.1%), success-related stress (8.6%), physical and psychological health (5.8%), and working alone at night (5.2%).

Research limitations/implications

This research approach encountered some limitations so further research must: use a larger sample size, include female gender and identify other sources of stressors mainly organizational or job context stressors.

Originality/value

Addressing and understanding stress factors among Lebanese police officers helps improving awareness and developing individualized treatment strategies leading police officers to engage in stress-management training to learn coping strategies and use effective tools for preventing stress before it becomes chronic.

中文翻译：

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黎巴嫩警察样本中压力因素的因子分析

目的

该研究的目的是确定压力的发生率，并确定黎巴嫩警察中的职业压力源。

设计/方法/方法

向100名随机选择的黎巴嫩男性警察发送了《行动警察压力问卷》。对PSQ-op中的20个项目进行了主成分分析，以确定每个因素中压力和负荷的最重要因素。

发现

结果表明，59％的军官报告了中等压力水平，41％的人报告了剧烈的压力。主成分分析确定了黎巴嫩警察中的6个独立因素或压力，这些因素总共解释了72.1％的总差异：工作量过多（30.6％），社会生活时间管理（12.8％），职业适应性（9.1％），与成功相关压力（8.6％），身心健康（5.8％）和夜间独自工作（5.2％）。

研究局限/意义

这种研究方法遇到了一些局限性，因此进一步的研究必须：使用更大的样本量，包括女性，并确定其他压力源，主要是组织或工作环境压力源。

创意/价值

解决和了解黎巴嫩警官中的压力因素有助于提高认识，并制定个性化的治疗策略，从而使警官进行压力管理培训，以学习应对策略并使用有效的工具来预防压力，避免其成为慢性病。