Robert Gordon University
SIPR PhD Student.
Robert Gordon University
Aberdeen Centre for Trauma Research
Faculty of Health & Social Care
Aberdeen
AB10 7QG
Tel: 01224 263156
m.falconer2@rgu.ac.uk
ResearchPhD Study: Resilience and well-being in a Scottish Police force . Started December 2008. An empirical study of police officers in a Scottish police force to identify those factors which conduce to and compromise resilience.
NetworkPolice organization: Academic
GroupSIPR PhD student
ProfileAims - To develop organisational practices (e.g. selection, training, organisational change) to augment resilience and well being of officers in police forces. To reduce the levels of sickness absence and ill health retiral. Objectives - To identify resilience and vulnerability factors (at individual, environmental and organisational levels). To identify the mechanisms which promote positive and adaptive outcomes. To compare findings from the benchmark survey by Alexander et al (1993) with those of the proposed one.
Last Updated: Mon 2 Feb 09