Burnout as predictor of aggressivity among police officers

In the new article “Burnout as predictor of aggressivity among police officers” Cristina Queirós, Mariana Kaiseler and António Leitão da Silva investigate whether burnout is a predictor of aggressivity among police officers. The study deals with the relationship between burnout and aggressivity, using regression analysis to identify aggressivity predictors. Feelings of high depersonalisation and low personal accomplishment are the burnout dimensions that most strongly explain anger and aggressivity, whereas emotional exhaustion only explains 4% of verbal aggression. The study highlights the need to develop prevention strategies of stress, aiming to avoid the development of burnout as occupational chronic stress, and decreasing the risk of developing aggressivity among police officers. Source: Cristina Queirós, Mariana Kaiseler and António Leitão da Silva: Burnout as predictor of aggressivity among police officers, In: EuropEan Journal of policing StudiES, 1(2), Page 110-135, 2013.