Life satisfaction amongst police officers working in the area of child abuse investigation Powell, Martine B. and Tomyn, Adrian J. 2011, Life satisfaction amongst police officers working in the area of child abuse investigation, International journal of police science and management, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 187-194, doi: 10.1350/ijps.2011.13.2.225. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads powell-lifesatisfaction-2011.pdf Published version application/pdf 83.80KB 305 Title Life satisfaction amongst police officers working in the area of child abuse investigation Author(s) Powell, Martine B. orcid.org/0000-0001-5092-1308 Tomyn, Adrian J. Journal name International journal of police science and management Volume number 13 Issue number 2 Start page 187 End page 194 Total pages 8 Publisher Vathek Publishing Place of publication Isle of Man, U. K. Publication date 2011 ISSN 1461-3557 1478-1603 Keyword(s) stress and policing vicarious trauma life satisfaction Summary Child abuse investigation is an area of work reported to be associated with high levels of work stress. This potentially places professionals at risk of psychological harm and may lead to lower life satisfaction than in the general population. The current study examined this issue within a large sample of Australian police officers. Specifically, 214 officers working in the area of child abuse investigation responded to a single global measure of life satisfaction (LS) known to be highly related to other measures of subjective wellbeing as well as clinical depression. The results revealed that, irrespective of the officers’ gender or degree of exposure to child abuse cases, the mean score from LS score was within the expected adult normative range. Further, the overall incidence of low LS in this sample (1.9 per cent) was not significantly different from the general population (4.3 per cent). The implications of these findings for police organisations are discussed. Notes Reproduced with the kind permission of the copyright owner. Language eng DOI 10.1350/ijps.2011.13.2.225 Field of Research 170104 Forensic Psychology Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2011, Vathek Publishing Ltd. Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30041549 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education Faculty of Health School of Psychology Higher Education Research Group Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 18 Jan 2012, 09:51:22 EST Mon, 30 Jan 2012, 15:04:53 EST Mon, 30 Jan 2012, 15:08:38 EST Mon, 06 Feb 2012, 08:11:02 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 12:47:11 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 18:08:19 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 12:28:16 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 15:41:29 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 398 Abstract Views, 305 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 18 Jan 2012, 09:51:18 EST by Jane Moschetti