Cardiovascular risk, social vigilance, and stress profiles of male law enforcement officers versus civilians

IF 1.7 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL Health Psychology Open Pub Date : 2024-04-04 DOI:10.1177/20551029241244723

Shannon C White, John M Ruiz, Matthew Allison, Bert N Uchino, Timothy W Smith, Daniel J Taylor, Dusti R Jones, Michael A Russell, Emily B Ansell, Joshua M Smyth

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This study examined the cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk profiles of male law enforcement officers (LEOs) and civilians. CVD risk profiles were based on data collected using traditional objective (e.g., resting BP, cholesterol), novel objective (e.g., ambulatory BP) and self-report measures (e.g., EMA social vigilance). A subset of male LEOs ( n = 30, M age = 41.47, SD = 8.03) and male civilians ( n = 120, M age = 40.73, SD = 13.52) from a larger study were included in analyses. Results indicated LEOs had significantly higher body mass index [BMI], 31.17 kg/m2 versus 28.87 kg/m2, and exhibited significantly higher trait and state social vigilance across multiple measures, whereas perceived stress was higher among civilians. Findings highlight the need for future research examining CVD risk associated with occupational health disparities, including attributes of individuals entering certain professions as well as experiential and environmental demands of the work.

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男性执法人员与平民的心血管风险、社会警觉性和压力概况

本研究调查了男性执法人员（LEOs）和平民的心血管疾病（CVD）风险概况。心血管疾病风险概况是基于使用传统客观测量方法（如静息血压、胆固醇）、新型客观测量方法（如动态血压）和自我报告测量方法（如EMA社会警觉性）收集的数据得出的。分析对象包括一项大型研究中的男性 LEOs 子集（n = 30，M 年龄 = 41.47，SD = 8.03）和男性平民（n = 120，M 年龄 = 40.73，SD = 13.52）。结果表明，LEOs 的体重指数（BMI）明显高于文职人员，分别为 31.17 kg/m2 和 28.87 kg/m2；在多项测量中，LEOs 的特质和状态社会警觉性明显高于文职人员，而文职人员的感知压力则更高。研究结果凸显了今后研究与职业健康差异相关的心血管疾病风险的必要性，包括进入某些职业的个人属性以及工作的经验和环境要求。

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Health Psychology Open Psychology-Clinical Psychology

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期刊介绍： Health Psychology Open (HPO) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access, online-only journal providing rapid publication. HPO is dedicated to publishing cutting-edge research in health psychology from around the world. HPO seeks to provide a platform for both traditional empirical analyses and more qualitative and/or critically oriented approaches to health psychology. All areas of health psychology are covered, but these topics are of particular interest: Clinical health psychology Critical health psychology Community health psychology Health psychology practice Health psychology through a social, cultural or regional lens The journal particularly favours papers that focus on health psychology in practice, including submissions concerning community and/or clinical applications and interventions. Review articles are also welcomed. There is no fixed limit to the length of manuscripts, which is normally strictly limited in other journals, for example HPO’s sister journal, Journal of Health Psychology (JHP). Studies published in this journal are required to obtain ethical approval from an Institutional Review Board. Such approval must include informed, signed consent by all research participants. Any manuscript not containing an explicit statement concerning ethical approval and informed consent will not be considered.