Journal article
The Association Between Stress Mindset and Physical and Psychological Wellbeing: Testing a Stress Beliefs Model in Police Officers
Psychology & Health, Vol.35(11), pp.1306-1325
2020
Abstract
Objective: Emergency service workers like police officers experience high levels of stress in the course of their regular duties. Holding particular stress mindsets may help to mitigate the deleterious effects of stress and promote wellbeing in workers experiencing regular stress. The study aimed to examine the processes by which stress mindsets relate to health and wellbeing in police officers. A stress beliefs model in which perceived somatic symptoms and coping behaviours mediate effects of stress mindsets on outcomes was tested. Design: Police officers (N=134) completed an online cross-sectional survey. Main outcome measures: Perceived somatic symptoms, proactive coping behaviours, physical and psychological wellbeing, and perceived stress. Results: Bayesian path analysis with informative priors revealed indirect effects of stress mindsets on psychological wellbeing and perceived stress through proactive coping behaviours and perceived somatic symptoms. Physical and psychological wellbeing, and perceived stress were predicted by stress mindsets directly, and through perceived somatic symptoms. Conclusion: The findings support model predictions that behaviours aimed at proactively meeting demands and perceived somatic symptoms mediated the relationship between stress mindset and health-related outcomes. The findings provide further foundational knowledge on mechanisms through which stress mindset is associated with outcomes and can inform future longitudinal and experimental research.
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- Title
- The Association Between Stress Mindset and Physical and Psychological Wellbeing: Testing a Stress Beliefs Model in Police Officers
- Authors
- Jacob Keech (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - School of Social SciencesKaitlyn L Cole (Author) - Griffith UniversityMartin S Hagger (Author) - Griffith UniversityKyra Hamilton (Author) - Griffith University
- Publication details
- Psychology & Health, Vol.35(11), pp.1306-1325
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Date published
- 2020
- DOI
- 10.1080/08870446.2020.1743841
- ISSN
- 0887-0446
- Copyright note
- Copyright (c) 2020. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Psychology & Health on 2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/08870446.2020.1743841
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health - Psychology; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450851602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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