Korean J Occup Health Nurs.
2016 Aug;25(3):141-147. 10.5807/kjohn.2016.25.3.141.
The Effects of Self-esteem and Problem Focused Coping on Post-traumatic Growth among Police Officers
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- 1Graduate School of Nursing, Kyungpook National University. Daegu, Korea.
- 2College of Nursing · Research Institute of Nursing Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea. eschoi2007@knu.ac.kr
- KMID: 2351574
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.5807/kjohn.2016.25.3.141
Abstract
- PURPOSE
The objective of this study is to identify the effects of self-esteem and problem focused coping on post-traumatic growth among police officers.
METHODS
The data were collected from the 137 police officers in ten police offices of G city in July 2014. The collected data were analyzed for descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and hierarchical regression using the SPSS/WIN 18.0 program.
RESULTS
Post-traumatic growth was positively correlated with self-esteem and problem focused coping. Self-esteem and problem focused coping had a significant effects on post-traumatic growth. The explained variance for post-traumatic growth was 19.0%.
CONCLUSION
To improve post-traumatic growth of police officers, strategies to increase self-esteem and problem focused coping are needed.
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