Abstract
Police work, beginning as early as academy training, is inherently stressful and carries risks for officer wellbeing. Humor has been cited as useful way for officers to handle stress. This study investigated the relationship between humor and emotional distress among a sample of 101 police recruits from Phase 1 of the National Police Research Platform. Findings indicated that reliance on humor as a coping strategy increased among recruits during the police academy and hierarchical regression analyses showed that greater levels of use of humor as a coping strategy in the academy predicted a decrease in emotional distress upon academy graduation.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 492-507 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Police Journal |
Volume | 95 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2022 |
Keywords
- Police recruits
- humor
- police stress
- stress and coping