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Polis Meslek Stresi ve Stres Azaltma/Stresle Başaçıkma Programları: Eşlerle İlişkileri Üzerine Etkileri

POLICE JOB STRESS AND STRESS REDUCTION/COPING PROGRAMS: THE EFFECTS ON THE RELATIONSHIP WITH SPOUSES

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  • Polis Bilimleri Dergisi

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  • 2011

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Abstract (2. Language): 
Being a police is considered one of the highly stressful occupations because of the reasons such as long irregular hours, hierarchic structure and safety concerns. Job stress might not only have adverse effects on himself/herself, but also on the officer’s department and family. In this study, however, the effects of the job stress on the spousal relationship are examined. A secondary data that have 1,632 responses by police officer are used to test the hypotheses. Because the dependent variable is ordinal, ordinal logistic estimators are used to find the coefficient effects. The findings indicate that high level of stress experienced in the job is positively, strongly and significantly associated with the dependent variable. Moreover, when the officer used stress reduction/coping programs (SRCPs), the better gets the relationship with his/her spouse. Interestingly, higher level of education increases the likelihood of the spousal relational problems. At the end, several suggestions were made to the police departments in terms of helping the officers that are affected adversely by job stress.
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Abstract (Original Language): 
Polislik, uzun ve düzensiz çalışma saatleri, hiyerarşik yapı ve güvenlik endişeleri gibi nedenlerden dolayı en stresli mesleklerden birisi olarak kabul edilmektedir. Meslek stresinin sadece memurun kendisine değil çalıştığı kuruma ve ailesine de olumsuz etkileri olabilir. Bu çalışmada sadece bu stresin eşler üzerindeki etkileri incelenmiştir. Hipotezleri test etmek için 1632 memurun yanıt verdiği ikincil (secondary) bir veri (data) seti kullanılmıştır. Bağımlı değişken sırasal (ordinal) olduğundan, etkilerini tespit etmek için sırasal lojistik regresyon analizi (tahminleri) (ordinal logistic regression estimators) kullanılmıştır. Bulgular, meslekte yaşanan ileri seviyedeki stresin olumlu ve geçerli olarak bağımlı değişken üzerinde etkisi olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Dahası, memurlar stresi azaltma/stresle başa çıkma programlarına başvurduklarında eşleriyle ilişkileri daha iyi olmaktadır. İlginç bir şekilde eğitim seviyesi yükseldikçe aile içi sorunlar da artmaktadır. Çalışma sonucunda mesleki stresten olumsuz yönde etkilenen memurlar için polis müdürlüklerince yapılacak bir kısım önerilere de yer verilmiştir.
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