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      Taking the strain? Police well-being in the COVID-19 era

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          Drawing on survey and interview data collected in one police force area, this article considers the varied impacts on police well-being arising during the COVID-19 pandemic. Approximately one-third of police officers surveyed reported feeling less safe in their role during the pandemic, and nearly half suffered increased anxiety. The toll on well-being appears to be most acute for frontline officers and those with caring responsibilities, and is strongly associated with increases in workload. The task of ‘repairing’ well-being will require detailed and sensitive consideration involving genuine efforts to hear the voices of those who have endured this prolonged tour of duty.

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          Mental health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: longitudinal analyses of adults in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health & Wellbeing study

          Rory C O'Connor, Karen Wetherall, Seonaid Cleare … (2020)
          Background The effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the population's mental health and well-being are likely to be profound and long lasting. Aims To investigate the trajectory of mental health and well-being during the first 6 weeks of lockdown in adults in the UK. Method A quota survey design and a sampling frame that permitted recruitment of a national sample was employed. Findings for waves 1 (31 March to 9 April 2020), 2 (10 April to 27 April 2020) and 3 (28 April to 11 May 2020) are reported here. A range of mental health factors was assessed: pre-existing mental health problems, suicide attempts and self-harm, suicidal ideation, depression, anxiety, defeat, entrapment, mental well-being and loneliness. Results A total of 3077 adults in the UK completed the survey at wave 1. Suicidal ideation increased over time. Symptoms of anxiety, and levels of defeat and entrapment decreased across waves whereas levels of depressive symptoms did not change significantly. Positive well-being also increased. Levels of loneliness did not change significantly over waves. Subgroup analyses showed that women, young people (18–29 years), those from more socially disadvantaged backgrounds and those with pre-existing mental health problems have worse mental health outcomes during the pandemic across most factors. Conclusions The mental health and well-being of the UK adult population appears to have been affected in the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. The increasing rates of suicidal thoughts across waves, especially among young adults, are concerning.
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              Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide lockdown on trust, attitudes toward government, and well-being.

              Chris G. Sibley, Lara M. Greaves, Nicole Satherley … (2020)
              The contagiousness and deadliness of COVID-19 have necessitated drastic social management to halt transmission. The immediate effects of a nationwide lockdown were investigated by comparing matched samples of New Zealanders assessed before (Nprelockdown = 1,003) and during the first 18 days of lockdown (Nlockdown = 1,003). Two categories of outcomes were examined: (a) institutional trust and attitudes toward the nation and government and (b) health and well-being. Applying propensity score matching to approximate the conditions of a randomized controlled experiment, the study found that people in the pandemic/lockdown group reported higher trust in science, politicians, and police, higher levels of patriotism, and higher rates of mental distress compared to people in the prelockdown prepandemic group. Results were confirmed in within-subjects analyses. The study highlights social connectedness, resilience, and vulnerability in the face of adversity and has applied implications for how countries face this global challenge. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
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                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Police J
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Police J
                Journal ID (hwp): sppjx
                Journal ID (publisher-id): PJX
                Title: The Police Journal
                Publisher: SAGE Publications (Sage UK: London, England )
                ISSN (Print): 0032-258X
                ISSN (Electronic): 1740-5599
                Publication date (Print and electronic): March 2022
                Publication date (Print): March 2022
                Publication date PMC-release: March 2022
                Volume: 95
                Issue: 1 , Special Issue: Are we OK? The State of Wellbeing in Policing
                Pages: 88-108
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                [1-0032258X211044702]Ringgold 171171, universityUniversity of Portsmouth; , Portsmouth, UK
                Author notes
                [*]Sarah Charman, University of Portsmouth, 141 High Street, Portsmouth PO1 2DZ, UK. Email: sarah.charman@ 123456port.ac.uk
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                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8292-4260
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                Publisher ID: 10.1177_0032258X211044702
                DOI: 10.1177/0032258X211044702
                PMC ID: 8919095
                PubMed ID: 35310155
                SO-VID: 25b5838d-a50b-441c-9d59-582a14adca88
                Copyright © © The Author(s) 2021
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                This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page ( https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).

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                Funded by: UKRI ESRC Research, FundRef https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000269;
                Award ID: ES/V009451/1
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                Keywords: well-being,police,safety,working practices,frontline
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