Safety and Health at Work Vol. 12 Issue 2 2021
WorkeFamily Conflict, Depression, and Burnout Among Jail Correctional Officers: A 1-Year Prospective Study (Original article)
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 12 Issue 2 2021
WorkeFamily Conflict, Depression, and Burnout Among Jail Correctional Officers: A 1-Year Prospective Study (Original article)
WorkeFamily Conflict, Depression, and Burnout Among Jail Correctional Officers: A 1-Year Prospective Study (Original article)
Subject
Burnout, Correctional officer, Health promotion, Mental health, Public safety
Description
Background: Correctional officers (COs) experience elevated rates of mental and physical ill-health as compared with other general industry and public safety occupations. The purpose of this study was to investigate demographic, mental health, job tenure, and workefamily characteristics and their prospective association to burnout within and between jail officers during one year of new employment.
Methods: In 2016, newly hired jail officers (N 1⁄4 144) completed self-reported surveys across four time points in a one-year prospective study at a Midwestern United States urban jail. Linear mixed-effects and growth modeling examined how workefamily conflict (W-FC) and depressive symptoms relate to perceptions of burnout over time.
Results: Jail officer burnout increased and was related to rises in W-FC and depression symptoms. Within-person variance for W-FC (Bpooled 1⁄4 .52, p < .001) and depression symptoms (Bpooled 1⁄4 .06, p < .01) were significant predictors of burnout. Less time on the job remained a significant predictor of burnout across all analyses (Bpooled 1⁄4 .03, p < .001).
Conclusions: Results from this study indicate that burnout increased during the first year of new employment; and increased W-FC, higher depression, and brief tenure were associated with burnout
among jail COs. Future study of correctional workplace health is needed to identify tailored, multilevel interventions that address burnout and W-FC prevention and early intervention among COs.
Methods: In 2016, newly hired jail officers (N 1⁄4 144) completed self-reported surveys across four time points in a one-year prospective study at a Midwestern United States urban jail. Linear mixed-effects and growth modeling examined how workefamily conflict (W-FC) and depressive symptoms relate to perceptions of burnout over time.
Results: Jail officer burnout increased and was related to rises in W-FC and depression symptoms. Within-person variance for W-FC (Bpooled 1⁄4 .52, p < .001) and depression symptoms (Bpooled 1⁄4 .06, p < .01) were significant predictors of burnout. Less time on the job remained a significant predictor of burnout across all analyses (Bpooled 1⁄4 .03, p < .001).
Conclusions: Results from this study indicate that burnout increased during the first year of new employment; and increased W-FC, higher depression, and brief tenure were associated with burnout
among jail COs. Future study of correctional workplace health is needed to identify tailored, multilevel interventions that address burnout and W-FC prevention and early intervention among COs.
Creator
Lisa A. Jaegers, Michael G. Vaughn, Paul Werth, Monica M. Matthieu, Syed Omar Ahmad, Ellen Barnidge
Publisher
Elsevier Korea LLC
Date
June 2021
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
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PDF
Language
English
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Text
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 12 Issue 2 2021
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Lisa A. Jaegers, Michael G. Vaughn, Paul Werth, Monica M. Matthieu, Syed Omar Ahmad, Ellen Barnidge , “Safety and Health at Work Vol. 12 Issue 2 2021
WorkeFamily Conflict, Depression, and Burnout Among Jail Correctional Officers: A 1-Year Prospective Study (Original article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed April 28, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2172.
WorkeFamily Conflict, Depression, and Burnout Among Jail Correctional Officers: A 1-Year Prospective Study (Original article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed April 28, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2172.