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Mental health and social support among Royal Canadian Mounted Police cadets

INTRODUCTION: Certain populations, such as public safety personnel (PSP), experience frequent exposures to potentially psychologically traumatic events and other occupational stressors, increasing their risk for mental health challenges. Social support has been evidenced as a protective factor for m...

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Autores principales: Nisbet, Jolan, Jamshidi, Laleh, Andrews, Katie L., Stewart, Sherry H., Shields, Robyn E., Teckchandani, Taylor A., Maguire, Kirby Q., Carleton, R. Nicholas
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9969355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36860784
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1092334
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author Nisbet, Jolan
Jamshidi, Laleh
Andrews, Katie L.
Stewart, Sherry H.
Shields, Robyn E.
Teckchandani, Taylor A.
Maguire, Kirby Q.
Carleton, R. Nicholas
author_facet Nisbet, Jolan
Jamshidi, Laleh
Andrews, Katie L.
Stewart, Sherry H.
Shields, Robyn E.
Teckchandani, Taylor A.
Maguire, Kirby Q.
Carleton, R. Nicholas
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description INTRODUCTION: Certain populations, such as public safety personnel (PSP), experience frequent exposures to potentially psychologically traumatic events and other occupational stressors, increasing their risk for mental health challenges. Social support has been evidenced as a protective factor for mental health. However, research examining perceived social support and its associations with symptoms related to mental disorders among PSP recruits is limited. METHODS: RCMP cadets (n = 765, 72% male) completed self-report surveys assessing: sociodemographic information, social support, and symptoms related to posttraumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and alcohol use disorder. RESULTS: The results indicated statistically significant associations between higher social support and decreased odds of positive screens for generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, and panic disorder (i.e., significant Adjusted Odds Ratios = 0.90 to 0.95). DISCUSSION: Cadets’ perceived levels of social support are comparable to the Canadian general population and higher than serving RCMP. Social support appears to offer a protective element against anxiety-related disorders among participating cadets. Reductions in perceived levels of social support may be a function of RCMP service. Factors contributing to decreased levels of perceived social support should be considered.
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spelling pubmed-99693552023-02-28 Mental health and social support among Royal Canadian Mounted Police cadets Nisbet, Jolan Jamshidi, Laleh Andrews, Katie L. Stewart, Sherry H. Shields, Robyn E. Teckchandani, Taylor A. Maguire, Kirby Q. Carleton, R. Nicholas Front Psychol Psychology INTRODUCTION: Certain populations, such as public safety personnel (PSP), experience frequent exposures to potentially psychologically traumatic events and other occupational stressors, increasing their risk for mental health challenges. Social support has been evidenced as a protective factor for mental health. However, research examining perceived social support and its associations with symptoms related to mental disorders among PSP recruits is limited. METHODS: RCMP cadets (n = 765, 72% male) completed self-report surveys assessing: sociodemographic information, social support, and symptoms related to posttraumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and alcohol use disorder. RESULTS: The results indicated statistically significant associations between higher social support and decreased odds of positive screens for generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, and panic disorder (i.e., significant Adjusted Odds Ratios = 0.90 to 0.95). DISCUSSION: Cadets’ perceived levels of social support are comparable to the Canadian general population and higher than serving RCMP. Social support appears to offer a protective element against anxiety-related disorders among participating cadets. Reductions in perceived levels of social support may be a function of RCMP service. Factors contributing to decreased levels of perceived social support should be considered. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-02-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9969355/ /pubmed/36860784 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1092334 Text en Copyright © 2023 Nisbet, Jamshidi, Andrews, Stewart, Shields, Teckchandani, Maguire and Carleton. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Nisbet, Jolan
Jamshidi, Laleh
Andrews, Katie L.
Stewart, Sherry H.
Shields, Robyn E.
Teckchandani, Taylor A.
Maguire, Kirby Q.
Carleton, R. Nicholas
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title_short Mental health and social support among Royal Canadian Mounted Police cadets
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9969355/
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