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dc.contributor.advisorStorm, K.
dc.contributor.advisorPienaar, J.
dc.contributor.authorJoubert, Anita Florence
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-30T12:13:49Z
dc.date.available2009-01-30T12:13:49Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/257
dc.descriptionThesis (M.A. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2004.
dc.description.abstractIt is important to have a productive and healthy police service in South Africa and to research suicide ideation and burnout. The objectives of this research were to determine the relationship between suicide ideation, work stress and coping; to determine if work stress and coping can be used to predict suicide ideation; to determine the casual factors of suicide ideation; to determine if the Maslach Burnout Inventory - General Survey (MBI-GS) is a valid and reliable instrument to measure burnout; to determine the relationship between work stress and burnout and to determine if coping strategies can moderate or mediate the relationship between work stress an burnout. A cross-sectional survey design was used. A random sample (n = 340) was taken from police stations in the Western Cape. The Adult Suicide Ideation Questionnaire (ASIQ), MBI-GS, Police Stress Inventory (PSI), COPE questionnaire and a biographical questionnaire were administered. The results showed that job stress can indeed cause suicide ideation, but that an individual's coping response is a critical component in the determining of the impact of a stressor. Suicide ideation correlates statistically significant with job demands and a lack of resources, and job stress and coping can be used to predict suicide ideation in the SAPS. Avoidance, alcohol misuse, the presence of a medical condition, a previous suicide attempt, and rank are variants which could predict suicide ideation in the SAPS. The MBI-GS is a reliable and valid measuring instrument. Job stress leads to higher levels of exhaustion, which in turn leads to higher levels o f cynicism and lower levels of professional efficacy. Coping strategies can moderate or mediate the relationship between job stress and burnout. Recommendations for the prevention and management of suicide ideation and burnout have been made, as well as recommendations with regard to future research on suicide ideation and burnout in the SAPS in the Western Cape.
dc.publisherNorth-West University
dc.subjectPoliceen
dc.subjectSAPSen
dc.subjectSuicide ideationen
dc.subjectBurnouten
dc.subjectCopingen
dc.subjectStressen
dc.titleCoping, stres en selfmoord-denkbeeldvorming in die Wes-Kaapen
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dc.description.thesistypeMasters


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