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Burnout syndrome in police officers and its relationship with physical and leisure activities

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García-Rivera, Blanca Rosa, Olguín-Tiznado, Jesús Everardo, Aranibar, Mónica Fernanda, Ramírez-Barón, María Concepción, Camargo-Wilson, Claudia, López-Barreras, Juan Andrés, García-Alcaraz, Jorge Luis·2020·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
DOI 10.3390/ijerph17155586PMC PMC7432764
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No previous studies in Mexico have been found that jointly analyze physical and leisure activities as variables related to mental health in police officers. This paper presents research on burnout in Mexican Police officers. The question it answers is: is there any association of burnout with physical and leisure activities and personal profile? A total of 276 police officers (87% men and 13% women) participated. To obtain information, the Spanish Burnout Inventory and the Operational Police Stress questionnaires were used. A cross sectional study design was utilized with tests of validity and reliability, goodness of fit, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and analysis of k-means clusters. Results showed that a high number of policemen had high prevalence of burnout and a high level of mental exhaustion, and that exercise was positively and significantly related to lower burnout risk. Men showed higher risk than women. Results should be considered to improve interventions and occupational health practices in the police force. This paper improves understanding of burnout among policemen and the importance of exercise and leisure activities to alleviate burnout.

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  • In Garcia-Rivera et al. (2020), officers with daily operational stressors had higher mental exhaustion and guilt scores than officers with occasional operational stressors.

    “Officers with daily operational stressors also had higher mental exhaustion and guilt scores than officers with ocasional operational stressors.”

    From Psychosocial risk and protective factors associated with burnout in police officers: A systematic review (2023) · cites this paper as Garcia-Rivera et al. (2020)

    The Results (sections 3.3–3.4; page unavailable) identify daily- and occasional-operational-stressor groups and report significant differences between them in mental exhaustion and guilt. The passages do not give the direction of those differences, so they do not establish that the daily-stressor group had higher scores. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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  • Overall operational stress has a direct relationship with burnout in police officers (in four studies).

    “In four studies, it was found that overall operational stress had a direct relationship with burnout, with one study showing that police officers with daily operational stressors had higher burnout levels compared to officers with occasional stressors (Garcia-Rivera et al., 2020; Kepple, 2018; Kula, 2017; Medina, 2007).”

    From Psychosocial risk and protective factors associated with burnout in police officers: A systematic review (2023) · cites this paper as Garcia-Rivera et al., 2020

    The Introduction says that high levels of continuous stress lead to burnout in police officers. Results §3.4 reports significant differences between officers with daily and occasional operational stressors, but only for mental exhaustion and guilt; the retrieved passage does not establish that the daily-stressor group had higher overall burnout. The four-study count refers to the citing sentence’s four sources, not to a finding this paper establishes alone. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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  • Police officers with daily operational stressors have higher burnout levels compared to officers with occasional stressors.

    “In four studies, it was found that overall operational stress had a direct relationship with burnout, with one study showing that police officers with daily operational stressors had higher burnout levels compared to officers with occasional stressors (Garcia-Rivera et al., 2020; Kepple, 2018; Kula, 2017; Medina, 2007).”

    From Psychosocial risk and protective factors associated with burnout in police officers: A systematic review (2023) · cites this paper as Garcia-Rivera et al., 2020

    The Results (sections 3.3–3.4; page unavailable) identify daily- and occasional-stressor groups and report significant differences in mental exhaustion and guilt. They do not state that the daily-stressor group had higher scores, and the authors explicitly note that the comparison did not cover all burnout dimensions. Thus the study supports a difference in some burnout measures, but not the full claim of higher overall burnout. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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  • In Garcia-Rivera et al. (2020), being male is associated with higher levels of mental exhaustion.

    “Being male is associated with higher levels of mental exhaustion.”

    From Psychosocial risk and protective factors associated with burnout in police officers: A systematic review (2023) · cites this paper as Garcia-Rivera et al. (2020)

  • In Garcia-Rivera et al. (2020), officers who engage in sports activities have lower mental exhaustion than those who do not.

    “Officers who engage in sports activities have lower mental exhaustion than those who do not.”

    From Psychosocial risk and protective factors associated with burnout in police officers: A systematic review (2023) · cites this paper as Garcia-Rivera et al. (2020)

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García-Rivera, B. R., Olguín-Tiznado, J. E., Aranibar, M. F., Ramírez-Barón, M. C., Camargo-Wilson, C., López-Barreras, J. A., & García-Alcaraz, J. L.
Affiliations
  • Faculty of Administrative and Social Sciences, Autonomous University of Baja California, Valle Dorado, Ensenada, BC 22890, Mexico
  • Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Design, Autonomous University of Baja California, Ensenada, BC 22860, Mexico
  • Faculty of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Autonomous University of Baja California, Tijuana, BC 20631, Mexico
  • Department of Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Ciudad Juarez, CHI 32310, Mexico
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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MDPI AG
Published
2020-08-03
Volume
17
Issue
15
Pages
5586
ISSN
1660-4601 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3390/ijerph17155586
PMC
PMC7432764
OpenAlex
W3046238306
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55
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6
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en
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Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Health and Burnout
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Policing Practices and Perceptions
Keywords
burnout, police officers, occupational stress, physical activity, leisure, psychological exhaustion, mental health, occupational health, gender differences
MeSH terms
Burnout, Professional, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Leisure Activities, Male, Mexico, Surveys and Questionnaires, Reproducibility of Results, Exercise, Police

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