Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between occupational stress and exhaustion in police officers, and to offer basic data used to reduce mental stress. The subjects of this study were 315 police officers. The data were collected from structured questionnaire, and were collected from November 9 to November 30, 2007. The results were summarized as follows; The mean score for occupational stress was 2.42 and exhaustion was 2.60. The relationship between occupational stress and exhaustion revealed a positive significant correlation (r=.589, p=.000). Exhaustion showed significant positive correlations with physical environment (r=.278, p=.000), job need (r=.534, p=.000), relationship conflict (r=.222, p=.001), job instability (r=.218, p=.000), organized system (r=.355, p=.000), inadequate compensation (r=.470, p=.000), and job culture (r=.370, p=.000). The implications of this study included that stress control program, the best way of influencing stress reduction, should be developed and provided it for them to prevent occupational stress and to manage inevitable stress in tpolice officers. (Korean J Str Res 2008;16:225∼231)

• Keywords: Police, Stress, Exhaustion