Recent research on the nature, prevalence and severity of judicial stress in Australia has revealed a considerable burden of stress placed upon the judicial system. This article builds upon this research by exploring the demographic and workplace factors associated with elevated stress among Australian judicial officers. A survey of 152 judicial officers from 5 Australian courts found that judicial stress – operationalised as non-specific psychological distress, depressive and anxious symptoms, burnout and secondary traumatic stress – was predicted by satisfaction of the basic psychological needs of autonomy, competence and relatedness. The only demographic variable found to be reliably associated with judicial stress was jurisdiction: compared with judicial officers in the higher jurisdictions (i.e. judges), those in the summary jurisdictions (i.e. magistrates) reported significantly higher levels of stress and significantly lower levels of basic psychological needs satisfaction. Implications and areas for future research are discussed. Alcohol use and dependence was not associated with levels of stress or needs satisfaction.

最近对澳大利亚司法压力的性质、流行程度和严重程度的研究表明，司法系统承受着相当大的压力。本文以这项研究为基础，探讨了与澳大利亚司法人员压力升高相关的人口统计和工作场所因素。一项对来自澳大利亚 5 个法院的 152 名司法官员的调查发现，司法压力——表现为非特定的心理困扰、抑郁和焦虑症状、倦怠和继发性创伤压力——可以通过满足自主、能力和相关性等基本心理需求来预测。与司法压力可靠相关的唯一人口变量是管辖权：与高级管辖区的司法官员（即法官）相比，简易管辖区的司法官员（即法官）e. 治安法官）报告的压力显着增加，而基本心理需求的满足程度显着降低。讨论了未来研究的意义和领域。酒精使用和依赖与压力水平或需求满意度无关。