TY - JOUR
T1 - Symptoms of Undercover Police Officers
T2 - A Comparison of Officers Currently, Formerly, and Without Undercover Experience
AU - Love, Kevin G.
AU - Vinson, John
AU - Tolsma, James
AU - Kaufmann, Gary
PY - 2008/5
Y1 - 2008/5
N2 - A cross-sectional descriptive study of the presence of 54 psychological, physical, behavioral, and emotional (i.e., clinical) symptoms was completed using 3 samples of police officers: current undercover officers, former undercover officers, and officers without undercover policing experience. Chi-square analyses indicated that current undercover officers reported significantly fewer clinical symptoms than the other samples. Former undercover officers reported significantly higher frequencies of 15 clinical symptoms. Symptom patterns were reviewed and explained in terms of adjustment/readjustment to the undercover assignment, denial of symptoms, and buffers to the impact of potential occupational stressors.
AB - A cross-sectional descriptive study of the presence of 54 psychological, physical, behavioral, and emotional (i.e., clinical) symptoms was completed using 3 samples of police officers: current undercover officers, former undercover officers, and officers without undercover policing experience. Chi-square analyses indicated that current undercover officers reported significantly fewer clinical symptoms than the other samples. Former undercover officers reported significantly higher frequencies of 15 clinical symptoms. Symptom patterns were reviewed and explained in terms of adjustment/readjustment to the undercover assignment, denial of symptoms, and buffers to the impact of potential occupational stressors.
KW - policing
KW - psychological symptoms
KW - undercover
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=44149100246&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1037/1072-5245.15.2.136
DO - 10.1037/1072-5245.15.2.136
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:44149100246
SN - 1072-5245
VL - 15
SP - 136
EP - 152
JO - International Journal of Stress Management
JF - International Journal of Stress Management
IS - 2
ER -