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DESCRIPTION:The COVID-19 pandemic has created a health and socio-economic c
 risis with massive and profound consequences on police organizations acros
 s the globe. During the pandemic police officers continue to perform their
  duties on the frontline\, facing unprecedented and stressful challenges\,
  including an array of new emergency-related tasks\, adherence to new poli
 cing protocols\, high risk of exposure through daily interactions with the
  public and concerns of exposing family members. In this context\, police 
 officers are at high risk for developing various psychological problems\, 
 such as psychological distress\, anxiety and depression. Therefore\, the d
 evelopment and implementation of mental health strategies in police organi
 zations is an urgent need. The current study presents the implementation a
 nd evaluation of the effectiveness of an online group intervention for pol
 ice officers during the pandemic. The purpose of the intervention was to a
 meliorate the negative psychological symptoms related to police work durin
 g the pandemic and to enhance police officers’ personal strengths and re
 silience. Participants were 95 Greek police officers\, assigned to the int
 ervention (n = 49) and the control (n = 45) group. All participants comple
 ted an online questionnaire at four time-points. The results indicated a s
 ignificant increase in the intervention group’s empathy\, resilience\, a
 nd positive emotions\, as well as a significant decrease in fear of the co
 ronavirus\, negative emotions\, loneliness\, depressive symptoms and anxie
 ty compared to the control group. Changes remained significant in the long
 -term. The intervention assisted police officers in developing their perso
 nal strengths in a difficult period\, indicating that personal growth can 
 be triggered even in adverse situations. The current study suggests that o
 nline group interventions are feasible\, efficient and effective at suppor
 ting and empowering police officers in adverse conditions where face-to-fa
 ce mental health services are inaccessible.
DTSTAMP:20210426T124952Z
LOCATION:Health & Safety for Law Enforcement
SUMMARY:Effectiveness of an online group intervention that shields police o
 fficers against the psychosocial impact of COVID-19 - Vasiliki Romosiou\, 
 Vaia Stavrou
URL:https://conference.cepol.europa.eu/cepol-online-conference-2021/talk/KG
 DJVD/
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