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Associations Between Police Stress and Alcohol Use: Implications for Practice by Chopko, Brian A., Palmieri, Patrick A., Adams, Richard E.

“…Law enforcement officers are often reported to frequently abuse alcohol due to occupational stress. However, few studies have examined alcohol use among U.S…”
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Prevalence and Predictors of Suicidal Ideation Among U.S. Law Enforcement Officers by Chopko, Brian A., Palmieri, Patrick A., Facemire, Vanessa C.

“…Police officers have often been reported to experience high rates of suicide compared to the general population. Suicidal ideation (SI) is considered a strong…”
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Trauma-Related Sleep Problems and Associated Health Outcomes in Police Officers: A Path Analysis by Chopko, Brian A., Palmieri, Patrick A., Adams, Richard E.

“…Police officers are frequently exposed to two different types of potentially traumatic events: one dealing with physical threats to self and the other…”
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Posttraumatic Growth in Relation to the Frequency and Severity of Traumatic Experiences Among Police Officers in Small to Midsize Departments by Chopko, Brian A., Palmieri, Patrick A., Adams, Richard E.

“…The Critical Incident History Questionnaire (CIHQ) measures, through multiple measurement methods, the severity and frequency of traumatic events experienced…”
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Associations between mindfulness, posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, and posttraumatic growth in police academy cadets: An exploratory study by Chopko, Brian A., Adams, Richard E., Davis, Jeremy, Dunham, Shea M., Palmieri, Patrick A.

“…Mindfulness‐based treatments have been increasingly noted in the professional literature as a possible means to reduce posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)…”
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Mindful Non-Judging and Posttraumatic Reactions in Police Academy Cadets: A Path Analysis by Chopko, Brian A., Adams, Richard E., Davis, Jeremy, Pelger, Terri L., Palmieri, Patrick A.

“…Objectives Dispositional mindfulness has been associated with lower posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other negative health symptoms in the police…”
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Critical Incident History Questionnaire Replication: Frequency and Severity of Trauma Exposure Among Officers From Small and Midsize Police Agencies by Chopko, Brian A., Palmieri, Patrick A., Adams, Richard E.

“…Frequency and severity of trauma exposure are thought to influence posttraumatic reactions. Weiss et al.’s Critical Incident History Questionnaire (CIHQ; 2010)…”
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Relationships Among Traumatic Experiences, PTSD, and Posttraumatic Growth for Police Officers: A Path Analysis by Chopko, Brian A., Palmieri, Patrick A., Adams, Richard E.

“…Objective: Law enforcement officers tend to be exposed to a high frequency of potentially traumatic incidents. A dichotomous distinction among these events…”
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The Effects of Camera Monitoring on Police Officer Performance in Critical Incident Situations: a MILO Range Simulator Study by Kalkhoff, Will, Pollock, Joshua, Pfeiffer, Matthew, Chopko, Brian A., Palmieri, Patrick A., Lewis, Michael T., Sidoti, Joseph, Burrill, Daniel, Overton, Jon, Sigelmier, Graem

“…Body-worn cameras (BWCs) continue to be adopted by law enforcement agencies around the world, yet how camera monitoring affects performance dimensions of…”
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The Relation Between Mindfulness and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Among Police Officers by Chopko, Brian A., Schwartz, Robert C.

“…Mindfulness-based treatments have been identified as potentially effective for reducing posttraumatic stress symptoms; however, the validity of research has…”
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Posttraumatic Distress and Growth: An Empirical Study of Police Officers by Chopko, Brian A.

“…Few studies have examined the experience of posttraumatic growth, among police officers following traumatic incidents. Additionally, research examining the…”
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Walk in Balance: Training Crisis Intervention Team Police Officers as Compassionate Warriors by Chopko, Brian A.

“…Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT) were developed to enable law enforcement officers to effectively and compassionately respond to calls involving people…”
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Spirituality and health outcomes among police officers: empirical evidence supporting a paradigm shift by Chopko, Brian A., Facemire, Vanessa C., Palmieri, Patrick A., Schwartz, Robert C.

“…The negative impact of traumatic and other work-related stressors on the health of police officers is well-documented. Spiritual development is also commonly…”
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Correlates of career traumatization and symptomatology among active-duty police officers by Chopko, Brian A., Schwartz, Robert C.

“…This study investigated the relation between posttraumatic distress symptoms, relational and spiritual health, and different types of potentially traumatic…”
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The Relation Between Mindfulness and Posttraumatic Growth: A Study of First Responders to Trauma-Inducing Incidents by Chopko, Brian A., Schwartz, Robert C.

“…Research on the reactions of first responders (e.g., police officers, fire fighters) to traumatic incidents has largely focused on negative symptoms (e.g.,…”
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