Equipping Police officers with resources
Perceived control of internal states and suicide tendencies among Turkish Police officers, unraveling the serial mediating roles of resilience and depression
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21628296 |
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| Authors | Mehmet Ali Padır (0000-0002-4192-4360, Siirt Üniversitesi, corresponding author), Caner DOĞRUSEVER (0000-0002-2213-4021, Siirt Üniversitesi), Bülent Tansel (0000-0001-5075-4036, İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi), Mehmet S Vangölü (0000-0002-8312-9795, Bitlis Eren University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 10482-10493 |
| Publication date | 2025-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Current Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1046-1310 • E-ISSN: 1936-4733 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s12144-025-07891-z |
| OpenAlex | W4410145758 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 48 |
Drawing from existing literature, this study highlights police officers’ heightened vulnerability to depression and suicidality as a result of occupational stressors and investigates the intricate associations among Turkish police officers’ perceived control of internal states (PCOIS), resilience, depression, and suicidal tendencies. The study uses a comprehensive analysis to investigate how PCOIS influences resilience and depression, which subsequently impact suicidal tendencies. A total of 628 police officers participated in the study voluntarily. The mediation analyses indicate individuals with high PCOIS levels tend to have higher resilience, thus leading to lower suicidality regardless of depression levels. High PCOIS levels have also been linked to lower depression levels, thus also leading to a decrease in suicidality independent of resilience. The study shows both resilience and depression to be affected by PCOIS levels, with resilience acting as a protective shield against suicidality, whereas depression exacerbates the likelihood of suicidality. Lastly, the study has uncovered a serial mediating effect, with higher PCOIS levels enhancing resilience and subsequently reducing depression and suicidal tendencies. Therefore, resilience and depression play crucial roles as serial mediators in the relationship between PCOIS and suicidality, underscoring PCOIS’s importance in psychological interventions aimed at bolstering resilience and mitigating depression and suicidality among police officers. This study contributes uniquely to the literature by demonstrating PCOIS’s protective role in a high-stress profession and provides practical implications for developing targeted mental health interventions
Criminology · Management · Political science · Traffic police · Turkish · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Law · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
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Resilience in the Face of Potential Trauma
Suicide, Suicide Attempts, and Suicidal Ideation
Detecting Multicollinearity in Regression Analysis
Epidemiology of Suicide and the Psychiatric Perspective
The structure of negative emotional states
Asymptotic and resampling strategies for assessing and comparing indirect effects in multiple mediator models
Determining Power and Sample Size for Simple and Complex Mediation Models
Hopelessness in Police Officers and Its Association with Depression and Burnout
Suicidal Ideation and Mental Health
Promoting “Zest for Life”
Locus of control as a mediator between posttraumatic stress and suicide risk
General strain theory, exposure to violence, and suicide ideation among police officers
Religiosity, Cultural Values, and Attitudes Toward Seeking Psychological Services in Turkey
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