Pervasive Uncertainty under Threat: Mental Health Disorders and Experiences of Uncertainty for Correctional Workers
| dc.contributor.author | Ricciardelli, Rosemary | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mitchell, Meghan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Taillieu, Tamara | |
| dc.contributor.author | Angehrn, Andreanne | |
| dc.contributor.author | Afifi, Tracie, O. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-25T20:43:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-01-25T20:43:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-07 | |
| dc.description | © 2021 International Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology. Published by SAGE Publishers. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Exposure to potentially psychologically traumatic events for correctional workers is high. However, the mechanisms driving the high prevalence are relatively unexplained. Using data from a cross-sectional, online survey of correctional service workers (n = 845) in Ontario, Canada, collected in 2017–2018, we assess the prevalence of mental disorders with a specific focus on uncertainty in the workplace and between correctional roles. We find that correctional officers, institutional governance, and probation/parole officers appear most at risk of mental disorders (prevalence of any mental disorder was 56.9%, 60.3%, and 59.2%, respectively). We argue slightly lower prevalence among institutional wellness, training, and administrative staff may result in part from their more predictable work environment, where they have more control. The results reaffirm a need for evidence-based proactive mental health activities, knowledge translation, and treatment and a need to explore how authority without control (i.e., unpredictability at work) can inform employee mental health. | en_US |
| dc.description.authorstatus | Faculty | en_US |
| dc.description.peerreview | yes | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: R. Nicholas Carleton’s research is supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) through a New Investigator Award (FRN: 13666). Tracie O. Afifi’s research is supported by a Tier I Canada Research Chair. This research was also funded in part by a CIHR Catalyst Grant (FRN: 16234). | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ricciardelli, R., Mitchell, M., Taillieu, T., Angehrn, A., Afifi, T., & Carleton, R. N. (2022). Pervasive Uncertainty under Threat: Mental Health Disorders and Experiences of Uncertainty for Correctional Workers. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 49(7), 991–1009. https://doi.org/10.1177/00938548211050112 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1177/00938548211050112 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10294/15584 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | SAGE Publications | en_US |
| dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | * |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | * |
| dc.title | Pervasive Uncertainty under Threat: Mental Health Disorders and Experiences of Uncertainty for Correctional Workers | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |