Open AccessREPORTED HEALTH, LIFE‐STYLE AND OCCUPATIONAL STRESS IN PRISON OFFICERS
Author(s) -
Webster Ian W.,
Porritt Donald W.,
Brennan Peter J.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
community health studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.946
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1753-6405
pISSN - 0314-9021
DOI - 10.1111/j.1753-6405.1983.tb00058.x
Subject(s) - prison , overweight , life style , personality , psychology , style (visual arts) , clinical psychology , medicine , social psychology , obesity , criminology , applied psychology , archaeology , history
A voluntary health screening survey of 262 prison officers shows that they have high levels of psychological stress which correlate with job pressures, personality and, to a lesser extent, lack of job rewards. Reported symptoms and subjective health followed a similar pattern, suggesting that psychological factors may mediate these symptoms or lead to their recognition and reporting. Where prison officers' physical health deviates from a national sample of Australian males, and other studies, life‐style factors of overweight and smoking are important determinants.