Korean Security Journal (시큐리티연구)
- Issue 13
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- Pages.403-422
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- 2007
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- 2671-4299(pISSN)
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- 2714-0644(eISSN)
A Study on Dealing with the Stress of Police Officer - Focused on Medical Model and Organizational Health Model -
경찰공무원의 스트레스 관리에 관한 연구 - 의료 및 조직보건 모델을 중심으로 -
- Published : 2007.02.28
Abstract
When people think about stress, they usually consider it as negative. However, stress can be both positive and negative. Positive stress is referred to as eustress, while negative stress is called distress. Stress is derived from the change which can be either positive or negative. Change is an inevitable aspect of life; therefore, people cannot avoid stress. Police works create a lot of stress among officers because of job characteristics. Police works require both physical and emotional strains. These strains lead to stress of officers. Danger, frustration, excessive paperwork, the daily demands of the job, and a lack of understanding from family members, friends, and the public are major causes of stress among police officers. The American Institute of Stress in New York ranks police job among the top ten stress-producing jobs in the United States. In this study, the author proposes the ways of stress management among police officers based on the medical model and the organizational health model. In the medical model, the author introduces the elimination, coping, and counseling as a way of dealing stress as an individual level. In the organizational health model, the author proposes following recommendations from the administrative point of view: 1) rationalization of personnel management system, 2) improvement of the welfare, 3) democratic management of police organization, 4) maintenance of a good partnership with citizens, and 5) development of stress management program for police family members.
사람들은 스트레스라고 하면 보통 부정적인 측면만을 생각하곤 하는데 스트레스는 긍정적인 측면도 있고 부정적인 측면도 있다. 긍정적이든 부정적이든 스트레스는 변화로부터 기인한다. 변화는 삶에 있어서 필연적인 것이다. 결국 사람들은 어쩔 수 없이 스트레스를 경험할 수밖에 없다. 경찰이라는 직업은 업무 특성상 스트레스를 많이 받는 직업들 중의 하나이다. 경찰업무는 신체적
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