Job related stressors, compassion fatigue, and depressive tendencies in police officers
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2024
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UMT.Lahore
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The current study investigated the relationship between job-related stressors, compassion fatigue, and depressive tendencies in male police officers. It was hypothesized that there is will be a significant relationship between Job related stressors, Compassion fatigue and Depressive tendencies in police officers; and that the Job related stressors and Compassion fatigue will significantly predict of Depressive tendencies in police officers. The total sample consisted of 170 male police officers with a rank of only Sub-inspectors from police stations of Lahore, which were selected through purposive sampling. Data was collected in person and Standardized Urdu version of Indigenous Job Stressors Scale (Tariq & Mehmood,2014), Professional Quality of Life Scale Pro-QOL (Stamm, 2012), Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale DASS-21 (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995) were used. Results of Pearson Product Moment correlation indicate that there is a positive relationship between job related stressors and depressive tendencies and negative correlation between job related stressors and compassion satisfaction. Additionally, there exists a positive correlation between depression and burnout. Compassion satisfaction demonstrated a negative relationship with both depression and burnout, indicating that it might be useful in helping law enforcement professionals cope with the effects of stressors and compassion fatigue. Moreover, compassion satisfaction and secondary traumatic stress are significant predictors of depression among police officers. These findings highlight how crucial it is to reduce work stresses and raise compassion satisfaction in order to enhance officers' psychological well-being..