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Sleep disorders among prison officers in Poland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

A. Piotrowski  and
E. Ewa Sygit-Kowalkowska
A. Piotrowski*
Affiliation:
University of Gdansk, Institute Of Psychology, Gdańsk, Poland
E. Ewa Sygit-Kowalkowska
Affiliation:
Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Faculty Of Psychology, Bydgoszcz, Poland
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Workplace conditions have a documented effect on employee health including sleep. Occupational stress and burnout are more frequent among penitentiary personnel than the general population.

Objectives

The aim of the current study was to examine the phenomenon of insomnia and its relationship with occupational burnout in a sample of Polish prison officers.

Methods

The study was carried out on a sample of Polish prison officers using the Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS), the Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (COPE), and the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI).

Results

showed that the Polish prison officers exhibited early symptoms of insomnia. Sleep disorders had a significant role in developing occupational burnout. Coping strategies such as help-seeking and engagement were revealed to have a mediating role in the relationship between insomnia and occupational burnout dimensions. The coping strategy of help-seeking was the only predictor of insomnia.

Conclusions

The results can constitute a significant argument for health promotion campaigns highlighting sleep hygiene directed at penitentiary personnel. A research model created for the purposes of future studies would allow for measuring the frequency of health behaviors, including the general category of preventive behaviors. The study warrants continuation.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

job burnoutprison officersInsomniacoping with stress
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S812
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