Research On Occupational Stress And Psychosomatic Health Of Grassroots Civilian Police

Police is one of the most stressful occupations in the world,it's high risk,high pressure,high load cause huge occupational stress.Occupational stress is the internal and external stimulation which let individuals feel be threaten and do physical,psychological and Behavioral responses in their work environment.Occupational stress and health are closely related.There is a cycle that more occupational stress,lower health level;lower health level,more occupational stress.Positive psychological capital as individual Like-State quality,it can tell how many psychological energy and capacity we have to deal with the stress.So it is necessary to evaluate that,if the psychological capital could mediate the relationship between occupational stressors and health.Individual coping style acts as the strategies and behaviors when the one is facing the stress.And it's nature(positive or negative)could influence the individual evaluation of the stress.Psychological capital and coping as the intermediate variables between occupational stress and health.There is a question that when individuals perceive high levels of occupational stress,will psychological capital and coping act as chains mediator?At present,the research of occupational stress,psychological capital,coping,mental health mainly focuses on teachers,doctors,nurses,empirical research on policeoccupational stress.Therefore,we take policemen's mental health as the starting point of this study,try to find the relationship and mechanisms among occupational stress,psychological capital,coping and health,and then put forward the intervention suggestion of policemen mental health.Objectives:1.To figure out the connection between grassroots police occupational stress and health.2.To research the mediating effect of grassroots policemen's psychological capital and coping between occupational stress and health,to test chain mediating effect of psychological capital,coping style.3.To put forward some intervention suggestion to promote grassroots policemen's health based on the research conclusion.Methods:1.Psychological testThis research used psychological measurement way,using general situation survey table,Occupational Stressors Scale in Policeman of Public Security Organization,and Psychological Capital Questionnaire-24,and Trait Coping Style Questionnaire,and Self-reporting Inventory,surveyed 1087 policemen of different area of Shaanxi Province.Used correlation analysis,statistical analysis,regression analysis,structural equation model analysis to deal the data with SPSS 19.0,and AMOS 17.0,and Mplus7.0 to inquiry relationship among career pressure,psychological capital,and coping style,psychosomatic health of grassroots policemen.2.Structured interviewsRandomly 35 civilian grassroots policemen from the police carried out structured interviews.Results:1.There are significantly difference of occupational stress,psychological capital,coping style,health in grassroots policemen's gender,age,Marital status,police-age,position and other demographic variables.2.The occupational stress,psychological capital,coping style,health are significantly correlated with each other.3.The grassroots policemen's occupational stress,negative coping style have significant negative correlations with heath,and they can negatively predict heath;psychological capital,positive coping style have significant positive correlations with health,and they can positively predict heath.4.The mediating effect of the negative coping style between the relationship of grassroots policemen's occupational stress and heath is significant.The mediating effect of the psychological capital between the relationship of police's occupational stress and coping style is significant.5.The chain mediating effect of psychological capital,coping style between grassroots policemen's occupational stress and heath.Conclusions:1.Grassroots policemen have high occupational stress.And the main source of stress are occupational characteristics,organizational leadership and social environment.2.Grassroots policemen have poor health,their health levels were significantly lower than the national average.Among them,body,relationships,depression,anxiety,hostility,fear scored significantly higher than the norm scores.3.Grassroots policemen's occupational stressors,psychological capital and health levels are influenced by their gender,age,marital status,police-age,position and other demographic variables;and coping style is influenced by their age,marital status,police-age.4.There is a significant correlation among Grassroots policemen's occupational stressors,psychological capital,coping and mental health:the more stress,the lower psychological capital,and the more negative coping,the lower health level.Regression analysis showed that occupational stressors could predict the health level.5.Negative coping styles plays an intermediary role between occupational stress and health,namely occupational stressors can directly affect on health level of Grassroots policemen,also indirectly affect health through negative coping levels.6.Psychological capital and coping style play multiple intermediary role in occupational stress and health.It means that occupational stress could indirectly influence health though psychological capital and negative coping style,it also could indirectly influence health though psychological capital and positive coping style.