The role of religious coping on problematic alcohol consumption by police officers
The role of religious coping on problematic alcohol consumption by police officers
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宗教应对对警察饮酒问题的作用
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2018
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通讯作者：
Theodore R. Curry
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Egbert Zavala;Theodore R. Curry
摘要 文献中有大量关于警察饮酒问题的记载。它还表明重大事件压力与这种行为相关。另一项研究表明，宗教应对对各种类型的问题行为（包括问题饮酒）具有适度的保护作用。我们合并这些文献，旨在确定宗教应对是否可以减少警察的有问题的饮酒，以及是否可以减轻重大事件压力与有问题的饮酒之间的正相关关系。对 1997-1999 年马里兰州巴尔的摩警察家庭警察压力和家庭暴力的数据进行了分析，以检验这些命题 (n = 1004)。结果表明，宗教应对水平较高的警官实际上不太可能报告有问题的饮酒问题。然而，宗教应对并没有减轻重大事件压力与有问题的饮酒之间的正相关关系。讨论了我们的发现的意义和对未来研究的建议。
Abstract Problematic alcohol consumption by police officers is well documented in the literature. It also shows that critical incident stress is correlated with this behavior. A separate body of research indicates that religious coping exerts a moderate protective effect on various types of problematic behavior, including problematic alcohol consumption. We merge these literatures in an effort to determine if religious coping reduces problematic alcohol consumption by police officers and whether it mitigates the positive relationship between critical incident stress and problematic drinking. Data from the Police Stress and Domestic Violence in Police Families in Baltimore, Maryland, 1997–1999 are analyzed to examine these propositions (n = 1004). Results indicate that police officers with higher levels of religious coping were in fact less likely to report problematic alcohol consumption. However, religious coping did not mitigate the positive relationship between critical incident stress and problematic alcohol consumption. The implications of our findings and suggestions for future research are discussed.