Insomnia among Prison Officers and Its Relationship with Occupational Burnout: The Role of Coping with Stress in Polish and Indonesian Samples

Ewa Sygit-Kowalkowska, Andrzej Piotrowski and Imaduddin Hamzah
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Ewa Sygit-Kowalkowska: Department of Psychology, Kazimierz Wielki University, 85-867 Bydgoszcz, Poland
Andrzej Piotrowski: Institute of Psychology, University of Gdańsk, 80-309 Gdańsk, Poland
Imaduddin Hamzah: Community Guidance, Politeknik Ilmu Pemasyarakatan, Depok 16514, Indonesia

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 8, 1-24

Abstract: Thus far, data on sleep disorders among prison officers (POs) have been scarce. Research allows us to relate this problem to occupational stress, which POs experience every day. The aim of the current study was to analyze the scale, predictors, and impact of select factors on the relationship between insomnia and occupational burnout. This study was carried out on a sample of 376 Indonesian and 288 Polish POs using the Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS), the Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (COPE) inventory, and the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI). Results showed that 43.4% of the Polish sample exhibited early symptoms of insomnia, compared to 26.1% of the Indonesian sample. Sleep disorders had a significant role in developing occupational burnout. In both samples, coping strategies such as help-seeking and engagement were revealed to have a mediating role in the relationship between insomnia and occupational burnout dimensions. For the total sample and for the Polish sample, the coping strategy of help-seeking was the only predictor of insomnia. Discrepancies (concerning the role of age, gender, and multi-shift work) were observed between the current results and earlier studies. The current study’s limitations were discussed and new solutions were proposed.

Keywords: insomnia; job burnout; prison officers; coping with stress (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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