Year: 2003
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Title: Burnout, stress and coping in the South African Police Service in the Free State -Kev terms: Burnout, police, job stress, coping Tracking and addressing police members' effectiveness in areas that could impact on the standard of their services are important.Burnout, job stress and ways to cope are specific focus areas in this regard.Previous research indicates relationships between burnout, job stress and coping while such relationships in the SAPS in the Free State have not yet been investigated.The objectives of this research were to determine the reliability and validity of the MBI-GS for SAPS members in the Free State, and secondly to determine the relationship between job stress and burnout, and thirdly to determine whether coping strategies can moderate or mediate the relationship between job stress and burnout A stratified random sample of 332 police personnel in the Free State was taken.The Maslach Burnout Inventory -General Survey (MI-GS), Police Stress Inventory (PSI) and the Cope Questionnaire (COPE) were used as measuring instruments.Cronbach alpha coefficients, inter-item correlation coefficients, Pearson-product correlation coefficients and canonical correlation coefficients were used to analyse the data.Structural equation modelling (SEM) methods were used to construct coping models of burnout.Structural equation modelling confirmed a 3-factor model of burnout.All three factors showed acceptable internal consistencies.Job stress was associated with exhaustion, which led to cynicism.Job stress was independently related to lower levels of professional efficacy.Active coping and seeking emotional support moderate the relationship between job stress and professional efficacy.Avoidance moderates the relationship between job stress and exhaustion and mediates the relationship between job stress and cynicism.Recommendations for future research were made, OPSOMMING Onderwerp: Uitbranding stres en coping in die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie Diens in die Vrystaat Sleutelterme: Uitbranding, polisie, stres, coping, betroubaarheid, geldigheid Dit is belangrik om polisielede se effektiwiteit na te vors en daarmee te handel in areas wat 'n uitwerking het op die standaard van hulle dienste.Spesifieke fokusareas in hierdie verband is uitbranding, werkstres en coping.Vorige navorsing het verbande tussen uitbranding, werkstres en coping getoon, tenvyl sulke verbande in die SAPS in die Vrystaat nog nie ondersoek is nie.Die doelstellings van hierdie navorsing was om die betroubaarheid en geldigheid van die MBI-GS vit lede van die SAPD in die Vrystaat te bepaal tweedens om die verhouding tussen werkstres en uitbranding te bepaal en derdens om te bepaal of coping-strategiee die verhouding tussen werkstres en uitbranding kan modereer of medieer.'n Gestratifiseerde eweliansige steekproef van 332 polisie-personneellede in die Vrystaat is geneem.Die Maslach Uitbrandingswaelys-Algemene Opname @I-GS), Polisiestres-Inventaris (PSI) en COPE-vraelys is as meetinstrumente gebruik.Cronbach alfa koeffisiente, inter-item korrelasie-koeffisiente, Pearson-produkmoment korrelasie-koeffisiente en kanoniese korrelasie-koefisiente is gebruik om die data te analiseer.Strukturele vergelykingsmodellering (SEM) is gebruik om coping modelle van uitbranding te konstrueer.Strukturele vergelykingsmodellering het 'n 3-faktormodel van uitbranding bevestig.A1 drie faktore het aanvaarbare interne konsekwentheid.Die resultate het aangetoon dat uitputting en professionele bekwaamheid voorspel word deur werkstres.Aktiewe coping en 'n soeke na emosionele ondersteuning modereer die verhouding tussen werkstres en professionele bekwaamheid.Vermyding modereer die verhouding tussen werkstres en uitputting en medieer die verhouding tussen werkstres en sinisme.Aanbevelings vir toekomstige navorsing is aan die hand gedoen
Author: Jaco Klopper
Language: English
Topic: Stress and Burnout Research
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: National Research Foundation
OpenAlex ID: W2308102128