The Development of a Reliable and Valid Measure of Stressors in Policing

Abstract

This grant was awarded to develop and validate the Operational Police Stress Questionnaire (PSQ-Op) and the Organizational Police Stress Questionnaire (PSQ-Org), two measures tailored to the Canadian context. This process was completed over a series of four studies. In Study 1, a series of focus groups were used to elicit the stressors associated with policing. In this study, it became apparent that officers separated their stressors into two general categories: operational and organizational. In the following three studies, the PSQ-Op and PSQ-Org were assessed for reliability, validity, and readability. The findings showed that both forms of the PSQ were highly reliable and demonstrated both discriminant and concurrent validity. The PSQ-Op and PSQ-Org are freely available for use by other researchers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 28, 2004
Accession Number
ADA639057

Entities

People

  • Donald R. Mccreary
  • Megan M. Thompson

Organizations

  • Defence Research and Development Canada

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Computers
  • Descriptive Analytics
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Health Services
  • Human Behavior
  • Law
  • Medical Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Reliability
  • Social Psychology
  • Statistics
  • Surveys
  • Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.