Die verband tussen trekangs, diensjare en posttraumatiese stresversteuring by polisiebeamptes
In the course of duty, officers of the South African Police Services face highly stressful, life-threatening situations. This article discusses a model in which trait anxiety and years of service were specified as potential predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder. Structural equation modelling...
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University of the Free State
2001-06-01
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In the course of duty, officers of the South African Police Services face highly stressful, life-threatening situations. This article discusses a model in which trait anxiety and years of service were specified as potential predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder. Structural equation modelling produced a satisfactory fit between the model and the observed data. In combination trait anxiety and years of service account for about 30% of the variance in symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. The article also makes recommendations as to how these results may usefully be applied in order to prevent the development of post-traumatic stress disorder among police officers.
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| spelling | doaj.art-09d65d87b6d34c25ac50eafb462367682024-03-18T11:08:33ZengUniversity of the Free StateActa Academica0587-24052415-04792001-06-0133210.38140/aa.v33i2.645Die verband tussen trekangs, diensjare en posttraumatiese stresversteuring by polisiebeamptesJohanna Knoetze0Gideon de Bruin1Rand Afrikaans UniversityStellenbosch University In the course of duty, officers of the South African Police Services face highly stressful, life-threatening situations. This article discusses a model in which trait anxiety and years of service were specified as potential predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder. Structural equation modelling produced a satisfactory fit between the model and the observed data. In combination trait anxiety and years of service account for about 30% of the variance in symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. The article also makes recommendations as to how these results may usefully be applied in order to prevent the development of post-traumatic stress disorder among police officers. http://196.255.246.28/index.php/aa/article/view/645 |
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| title | Die verband tussen trekangs, diensjare en posttraumatiese stresversteuring by polisiebeamptes |
| title_full | Die verband tussen trekangs, diensjare en posttraumatiese stresversteuring by polisiebeamptes |
| title_fullStr | Die verband tussen trekangs, diensjare en posttraumatiese stresversteuring by polisiebeamptes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Die verband tussen trekangs, diensjare en posttraumatiese stresversteuring by polisiebeamptes |
| title_short | Die verband tussen trekangs, diensjare en posttraumatiese stresversteuring by polisiebeamptes |
| title_sort | die verband tussen trekangs diensjare en posttraumatiese stresversteuring by polisiebeamptes |
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