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“Tillsammans så är vi starkare”: En studie om stress & stressreducering vid hot och våld: En kvalitativ studie på stress och stressreducering vid hot och våld mot poliser
Dalarna University, School of Culture and Society.
Dalarna University, School of Culture and Society.
2021 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
A study of stress and stress management for threats & workplace violence against police officers (English)
Abstract [en]

Threats and violence at work are an increasingly widespread work environmentproblem in Sweden. This affects many professions but especially police officersand other emergency professions. This problem risks causing stress that negativelyaffects the police officers' health. The aim of the present study is to increaseunderstanding of police officers' experiences of stress and what measures arestress- reducing in a professional group exposed to recurring threats and violenceat work. A qualitative study was conducted of eight semi-structured interviewswith police officers in Stockholm. The analysis was performed with an interpretivephenomenological analysis (IPA) originating in health psychology. The IPAmethod has a structured way of thematizing responses out of many humanexperiences. The analysis confirms that all respondents were exposed to threatsand violence at work. They experience useful positive stress, as well as acuterecurring and chronic stress at work but they also express a lack of time andprioritization of mental training and reflection for stress management. The policedealt with stress primarily through conversational support with their colleagues,visualization and target image training and taking time for workout and recovery athome and to some extent their own reflection. From the organization, they mostlyreceived support with crisis management teams after emergency events.

Abstract [sv]

Hot och våld på arbetet är ett alltmer utbrett arbetsmiljöproblem i Sverige. Dettaproblem påverkar många yrkesgrupper men särskilt poliser och andra blåljusyrken.Detta riskerar att orsaka stress som påverkar polisernas hälsa negativt. Syftet meddenna studie är att öka förståelsen om polisers upplevelser av stress och vilkaåtgärder som är stressreducerande i en yrkesgrupp utsatta för återkommande hotoch våld i arbetet. Denna kvalitativa studie genomfördes med sammanlagt åttasemistrukturerade intervjuer med poliser i Stockholm. Analysen genomfördes meden interpretativ fenomenologisk analys (IPA) med ursprung i hälsopsykologin.IPA-metoden har ett strukturerat sätt att tematisera svar ur en stor mängdmänskliga upplevelser. Resultatet bekräftar att alla respondenter utsatts för hot ochvåld i arbetet. Respondenterna upplever användbar positiv stress, såväl somåterkommande akut och kronisk stress i arbetet. Dessutom uttryckerrespondenterna brist på tid och prioritering av mental fortbildning och reflektionför stresshantering. Poliserna hanterade stressen framförallt genom samtalsstödmed sina kollegor, visualisering och målbildsträning och genom att ta tid förträning och återhämtning hemma samt i viss mån egen reflektion. Frånorganisation får respondenterna framför allt stöd med att användakrishanteringsteam efter akuta händelser.

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2021.
Keywords [sv]
Stress, sense of coherence, control, social support, threats and violence, police, Stress, känsla av sammanhang, kontroll, socialt stöd, hot och våld, polis
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Work Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:du-37546OAI: oai:DiVA.org:du-37546DiVA, id: diva2:1573297
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Human Resource Management
Available from: 2021-06-24 Created: 2021-06-24 Last updated: 2025-10-09

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