Assessing Relative Stressors and Mental Disorders among Canadian Provincial Correctional Workers

Katy Konyk, Rosemary Ricciardelli, Tamara Taillieu, Tracie O. Afifi, Dianne Groll and R. Nicholas Carleton
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Katy Konyk: School of Social Work, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1E3, Canada
Rosemary Ricciardelli: Department of Sociology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL A1C 5S7, Canada
Tamara Taillieu: Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0W3, Canada
Tracie O. Afifi: Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0W3, Canada
Dianne Groll: Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
R. Nicholas Carleton: Department of Psychology, Anxiety and Illness Behaviours Laboratory, University of Regina, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, Canada

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 19, 1-25

Abstract: In the current study, we quantified the mean stress levels of 43 occupational stressors for 868 Correctional Workers (CWs) and analyzed the relationships between occupational stressors, exposure to potentially psychologically traumatic events (PPTEs), and mental health disorders. Our findings emphasize the importance of the occupational environment in relation to CW mental health and indicate that occupational stressors (e.g., staff shortages, inconsistent leadership style, bureaucratic red tape) are more salient contributors to CW mental health than exposure to PPTEs. Finding strategies to ameliorate staff shortages, improve leadership style and communication, and support CWs to maintain physical, mental, and social well-being would be interventions tied to significant organizational and operational stressors within the current study.

Keywords: occupational stressors; correctional workers; potentially psychologically traumatic events; mental health disorders; PTSD (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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