The social construction of the meaning of acute stressors: A qualitative study of the personal accounts of police officers using a stress counselling service

By P. Dick. 2000

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Factors Affecting the Decision of Police Recruits to “Drop Out” of Police Work (2005, background): “More recently, Dick (2000) analyzed clinical data from therapy with police officers who were under stress and considering leaving the police force and described “epiphenal events” that resulted in emotional exhaustion and burnout.”
Saying it with feeling: Analysing speakable emotions (2008, background): “Our research also indicates that a thorough understanding of the discursive processes that constitute emotions in an organization is necessary to understand some of the barriers to improving work conditions (Dick, 2000; Harkness et al., 2005).”
Participants' accounts of a stress management intervention (2007, background): “They may also provide valuable information about cultural norms (Dick, 2000) and how they impact on the way the purpose or goal of an intervention is perceived.”
Talking about work stress: Discourse analysis and implications for stress interventions (2005, background): “Researchers who specifically focus on occupational stress have also identified the need for approaches that complement traditional quantitative research (Dick, 2000; Payne & Cooper, 2001).”