Självskattad stress hos ingripandepoliser : En kvantitativ undersökning enligt PSIQ i polisregion Mitt och Väst

Sammanfattning: Stress within the Swedish Police Authority has been examined based on patrolling police officers (PPO) experiences in different situations linked to the work as a PPO. PPOs are often first responders to events that typically generate stress. This study was performed as a cross-sectional study examining the PPOs answers to the Police Stress Identification Questionnaire (PSIQ). The aim of this study was to investigate whether the impact of gender and police regions would affect and differ the result within the different items and whether this study would differ in relation to previous research and specifically the study Initiativ Mareld. This study was performed as a survey study distributed to PPOs in a city in police region Mit and police region Väst. The questionnaire consisted of the PSIQ and demographic questions including age, gender and placement of duty. The result was interpreted with students t-test to seek variations between women and men and also between the police regions. Differences were discovered, but not to such extent as predicted based on the theories and preconceived perception. The results were interpreted with caution and the results were to some extent similar to Initiativ Mareld. Women and men estimated the stressors quite alike with some differences concerning physical exposure e.g. “being exposed to threats of physical violence”. Similarities with Initiativ Mareld were detected and the top three estimated stressors were the same for both studies. This study and its results show tendencies within police stress science. The subject of this study is still relevant and therefore research within the subject will continuously be important.