Resilience Factors Among Police Investigators: Hardiness-commitment a Unique Contributor
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The aim of this study was to explore the role of individual and contextual buffers against the effects of work stress among police investigators. 156 Norwegian police investigators were assessed on the predictor variables psychological hardiness, work engagement, social support, and meaningfulness, and on the outcome variables of burnout, subjective health complaints, and self-reported sick leave. Hierarchical regression analysis showed that psychological hardiness predicted the variance in burnout beyond that of work engagement, social support, and meaningfulness. When the investigators were divided into two groups based on their field, investigators of assault crime showed higher scores than the group consisting of forensics and investigators of fire, financial, and environmental crime on the variables psychological hardiness, social support, meaningfulness, and subjective health complaints. No differences between the groups were found on burnout, sickness absence, and work engagement. The findings show the importance of resilience factors for coping with work stress, with the commitment dimension of hardiness being particularly important.
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Job length has no association with burnout.
“Three studies found that job length had no association with burnout (Fyhn et al., 2016; Valieiev et al., 2019; Yang et al., 2019).”
From Psychosocial risk and protective factors associated with burnout in police officers: A systematic review (2023) · cites this paper as Fyhn et al., 2016
The Results report that age and two measures of job experience together did not significantly explain burnout (p=.485); Table 3 also shows nonsignificant coefficients for both experience measures. That supports a finding of no statistically significant association among the police investigators studied, but not the unqualified claim that job length has no association with burnout. (LLM, conf=0.86)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredPolice officers with a higher sense of community are less prone to burnout.
“In addition, police officers with a higher trait of meaningfulness and a higher sense of community were less prone to burnout (Burke and Mikkelsen, 2006; Fyhn et al., 2016).”
From Psychosocial risk and protective factors associated with burnout in police officers: A systematic review (2023) · cites this paper as Fyhn et al., 2016
The Results section (page unavailable) reports a negative relationship between social support and burnout among police investigators. But the study measures marital status and job support, not a sense of community, and its findings concern investigators rather than police officers generally. (LLM, conf=0.85)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredPsychological hardiness and dispositional mindfulness protect against burnout in police officers.
“Concerning dispositional per sonality traits, psychological hardiness and dispositional mindfulness protected against burnout (Fyhn et al., 2016; Hills and Norvell, 1991; Kepple, 2018).”
From Psychosocial risk and protective factors associated with burnout in police officers: A systematic review (2023) · cites this paper as Fyhn et al., 2016
The Abstract and Discussion report that psychological hardiness predicted burnout among Norwegian police investigators, supporting the hardiness part of the claim. The Results show an association, not a demonstrated protective effect, and the paper does not address dispositional mindfulness. (LLM, conf=0.88)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredSocial support is a protective factor against burnout in police officers (in eight studies).
“In eight studies social support was re ported as a protective factor against burnout (Backteman-Erlanson et al., 2013; Farf ´ an et al., 2019; Fyhn et al., 2016; Garbarino et al., 2013; Martinussen et al., 2007; Padyab et al., 2016; Smoktunowicz et al., 2015; Yang et al., 2019).”
From Psychosocial risk and protective factors associated with burnout in police officers: A systematic review (2023) · cites this paper as Fyhn et al., 2016
Police officers with a higher trait of meaningfulness are less prone to burnout.
“In addition, police officers with a higher trait of meaningfulness and a higher sense of community were less prone to burnout (Burke and Mikkelsen, 2006; Fyhn et al., 2016).”
From Psychosocial risk and protective factors associated with burnout in police officers: A systematic review (2023) · cites this paper as Fyhn et al., 2016
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- Authors
- Fyhn, T., Fjell, K. K., & Johnsen, B. H.
- Affiliations
- Uni Research (Norway) (NO)
- University of Bergen (NO)
- Corresponding author
- Fyhn, Tonje
- Venue
- Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology
- Published
- 2015-10-27
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 261-269
- ISSN
- 0882-0783 (ISSN-L)
- 1936-6469
- OpenAlex
- W2198390553
- Cited by
- 44
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 3
- FWCI
- 3.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Keywords
- resilience, police investigators, hardiness, work engagement, social support, meaningfulness, burnout, subjective health complaints, sick leave, occupational stress, forensic investigation
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