Purpose

The police in Trinidad experience extremely stressful job conditions (e.g., elevated rates of violent crime, the rapid spread of organized crime, financial constraints, and staff shortages) which could lead to health-related problems. The purpose of the current study is to examine the relationship between job stress and health-related problems and to determine whether burnout mediates this relationship. Data from police officers in Trinidad was used to test these relationships.

Design/methodology/approach

Using self-report questionnaires from all eight police station districts in Trinidad (N = 331 police officers), this study conducted structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine the relationship between job stress, burnout and health-related problems.

Findings

The results indicated that officers' job stress increased their burnout and health-related problems. As the authors expected, officers' burnout, served as a mediating variable between job stress and health-related problems. In other words, job-related stress can lead to burnout, which in turn, leads to health-related problems.

Research limitations/implications

Despite meaningful findings, a few limitations (e.g., measurement issues and missing values) were present in this study.

Originality/value

Policing studies have paid less attention to Caribbean policing. Findings in this study have implications for addressing officers' health-related problems.

中文翻译：

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工作压力和工作倦怠在特立尼达和多巴哥警察局中与健康有关的问题上的作用

目的

特立尼达的警察经历着极为紧张的工作条件（例如，暴力犯罪率上升，有组织犯罪的迅速蔓延，财政拮据和人员短缺），这可能导致与健康有关的问题。本研究的目的是检查工作压力与健康相关问题之间的关系，并确定倦怠是否能介导这种关系。来自特立尼达警察的数据用于检验这些关系。

设计/方法/方法

本研究使用特立尼达所有八个警察局地区（N  = 331名警官）的自我报告调查表，进行了结构方程模型（SEM），以检验工作压力，倦怠与健康相关问题之间的关系。

发现

结果表明，官员的工作压力增加了他们的倦怠和与健康相关的问题。正如作者所预期的那样，军官的倦怠是工作压力与健康相关问题之间的中介变量。换句话说，与工作有关的压力会导致倦怠，进而导致与健康有关的问题。

研究局限/意义

尽管发现了有意义的发现，但这项研究还是存在一些局限性（例如，测量问题和缺失值）。

创意/价值

警务研究对加勒比地区警务的关注较少。这项研究的发现对解决军官的健康相关问题具有重要意义。