Individual and Environmental Sources of Work Stress Among Prison Officers

Benjamin Steiner; John Wooldredge

doi:10.1177/0093854814564463

Individual and Environmental Sources of Work Stress Among Prison Officers

Benjamin Steiner, John Wooldredge

School of Criminology & Criminal Justice

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Abstract

Work stress has been linked to a number of negative outcomes for employees and organizations. Drawing from the Job Demand–Control (–Support) model, we examined the influences of work stress among more than 1,800 prison officers working in 45 prisons across Ohio and Kentucky. Multilevel analyses revealed that individual factors such as experiencing victimization and greater job demands were related to more stress among prison officers, whereas perceived control over inmates and support from coworkers and supervisors were associated with less stress. Facility violence was also linked to higher levels of officer stress across prisons.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	800-818
Number of pages	19
Journal	Criminal Justice and Behavior
Volume	42
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854814564463
State	Published - Aug 16 2015

Keywords

job control
job demand
job support
prison officer
work stress
workplace safety

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Pathology and Forensic Medicine
General Psychology
Law

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