Police officers face a variety of occupational (e.g., job dissatisfaction) and operational (e.g., exposure to suffering) stressors because of their work, making them vulnerable to challenges with psychological well-being (Johnson et al. in J Manag Psycho 20(2):178–196, 2005). Social support is known to offset repercussions resulting from high stress (Hansson et al. in J Police Crim Psycho 32(2):128–137, 2017); however, limited research has documented use of social support experienced by police officers. Thus, the current study examined the nature, quality, and potential benefits of social support on officer psychological wellness, including its benefits beyond use of cognitive-emotion coping strategies. Participants included 88 Canadian police (73.9% male, M_age = 41.72, SD = 9.64) who completed measures of occupational stressors (OSI-R, Osipow and Spokane 1–15 1998), social support (OSI-R and author constructed), mental health symptoms (DSM-5 CC, APA 170(1)71–82 2013; PCL-5, Weathers et al. 2013), and cognitive-emotion coping strategies (CERQ, Garnefski et al. in J Youth Adolesc 32:401–408, 2001). Officers relied on a variety of supports in and outside of the workplace, but most frequently relied on intimate partners (85.9%) and coworkers (84.9%). Higher social support quality was significantly related to lower endorsement of depression, anxiety, anger, and PTSD symptoms. Hierarchical regression analyses demonstrated that social support predicted lower PTSD symptom severity over and above cognitive-emotion coping strategies. Results are discussed in terms of psychological wellness initiatives and psychoeducational opportunities for police organizations to improve access to, and quality of, social supports for employees.

警务人员因工作而面临各种职业（例如，工作不满意）和操作（例如，遭受痛苦）压力源，使他们容易受到心理健康方面的挑战（Johnson 等人在 J Manag Psycho 20(2 ):178–196, 2005)。众所周知，社会支持可以抵消高压力造成的影响（Hansson et al. in J Police Crim Psycho 32(2):128–137, 2017）；然而，有限的研究记录了警官使用社会支持的经验。因此，目前的研究考察了社会支持对军官心理健康的性质、质量和潜在益处，包括其超越使用认知情绪应对策略的益处。参与者包括 88 名加拿大警察（73.9% 男性，_男性 = 41.72, SD = 9.64) 完成了职业压力源测量 (OSI-R, Osipow 和 Spokane 1-15 1998), 社会支持 (OSI-R 和作者构建), 心理健康症状 (DSM-5 CC, APA 170( 1)71–82 2013；PCL-5, Weathers et al. 2013)，以及认知情绪应对策略 (CERQ, Garnefski et al. in J Youth Adolesc 32:401–408, 2001)。官员依赖工作场所内外的各种支持，但最常依赖亲密伴侣（85.9%）和同事（84.9%）。较高的社会支持质量与较低的抑郁、焦虑、愤怒和创伤后应激障碍症状的认可显着相关。分层回归分析表明，社会支持预测的 PTSD 症状严重程度低于认知情绪应对策略。