Pervasive Uncertainty under Threat: Mental Health Disorders and Experiences of Uncertainty for Correctional Workers

dc.contributor.authorRicciardelli, Rosemary
dc.contributor.authorMitchell, Meghan
dc.contributor.authorTaillieu, Tamara
dc.contributor.authorAngehrn, Andreanne
dc.contributor.authorAfifi, Tracie, O.
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-25T20:43:29Z
dc.date.available2023-01-25T20:43:29Z
dc.date.issued2022-07
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.abstractExposure 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.authorstatusFacultyen_US
dc.description.peerreviewyesen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe 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.citationRicciardelli, 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/10.1177/00938548211050112en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/00938548211050112
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10294/15584
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_US
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dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.titlePervasive Uncertainty under Threat: Mental Health Disorders and Experiences of Uncertainty for Correctional Workersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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