PROACTIVE STRESS MANAGEMENT: THE NATURE, EFFECT AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE’S “MANAGING STRESS EFFECTIVELY” PROGRAMME
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https://doi.org/10.15270/42-3-300Abstract
The need for a stress-management programme can generally be attributed to the fact that policework is often extremely stressful and that police officials tend to suffer from a variety of stressinduced
physiological, psychological and behavioural disorders. McCraty, Atkinson and Tompson
(1999:1-3) argue that particular attention should be given to occupational stress in policing as its
potentially negative consequences affect society in more direct and critical ways than for most
other organisations. It was, therefore, crucial that a stress-management programme should be
developed for the South African Police Service (SAPS).
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