Evaluating real-time momentary stress and affect in police officers using a smartphone application.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Police officers work under stressful conditions, and the resulting occupational stress may impact their health and well-being through changes in positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA). It is therefore important to assess officers' stress, PA, and NA while it is experienced. This study evaluates police officers' momentary stress and affect in real-world settings using an ecological momentary assessment, and examines the within-person (W) and between-person (B) factors that influence momentary affect.

Methods

Eighty-nine police officers were recruited in South Korea. Participants completed questionnaires about their momentary stress and affect using a smartphone application. The associations between momentary stress, momentary contextual environment, momentar

SUBMITTER: Ryu GW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7376902 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature