A Quantitative Assessment of Spirituality in Police Officers and the Relationship to Police Stress

Law enforcement has been recognized as a stressful occupation related to deleterious physical and psychosocial outcomes in police officers\u27 lives. Spirituality interrelates with every dimension of human functioning and has demonstrated a significant relationship to physical and mental health. This study was concerned with the implication of these conclusions, and addressed a gap in literature that has neglected to bridge these realizations due to limited assessment of spirituality in police officers. Measures of spirituality and police stress in a sample of police officers were collected utilizing two test instruments, and analyzed to determine the relationship. The results indicated a moderate, positive spirituality and average experience of stress in the sample, with several significant, positive relationships between measures