Work and health outcomes among police officers: The mediating role of police cynicism and engagement.

Cynicism was higher in women.

“whereas cynicism was higher in women (Richardsen et al., 2006).”

Leadership or supervisor responsibility diminishes cynicism.

“two showed that leadership or supervisor re­ sponsibility diminished cynicism (Martinussen et al., 2007; Richardsen et al., 2006)”

Co-worker support is associated with lower levels of burnout in police officers (in two studies).

“Co-worker support was found to be associated with lower levels of burnout in two studies (Miller et al., 2017; Richardsen et al., 2006), whilst one study reported an increase of burnout (Hu et al., 2016), and two others found no association (BaruchFeldman et al., 2002; Bawa and Kaur, 2011).”

Work-family conflict contributes to an increment of burnout in police officers.

“Pressures on work-family relations were examined in two studies and in both, a conflict in the work-family dy­ namic contributed to an increment of burnout (Martinussen et al., 2007; Richardsen et al., 2006).”

Supervisors' social support has protective effects on burnout in police officers.

“Three other studies reported protective effects of supervisors ' social support on burnout (Baruch-Feldman et al., 2002; Miller et al., 2017; Richardsen et al., 2006).”

Irritability exacerbates cynicism in police officers.

“Traits associated with type A personality, such as achievement striving and irritability were found to mitigate and exac­ erbate cynicism, respectively (Richardsen et al., 2006).”

Achievement striving mitigates cynicism in police officers.

“Traits associated with type A personality, such as achievement striving and irritability were found to mitigate and exac­ erbate cynicism, respectively (Richardsen et al., 2006).”