Stres w pracy a syndrom wypalenia zawodowego u funkcjonariuszy policji

The aim of the study was to establish: 1) the relationship between stress at work and burnout syndrome in group of police officers, 2) what is the level of burnout depending on the level of perceived stress at work, 3) predictors of burnout syndrome in policemen. 277 police officers were examined. The mean of age was: 35 years. The Perceived Job Stress Characteristics Questionnaire and Maslach Burnout Inventory were used in the study. Positive relationship between stress at work and emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, and negative between stress and level of personal accomplishment was revealed. Sense of work overload and lack of rewards appeared predictors of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. Lack of support and sense of work overload were predictors of sense of personal accomplishment.