Hardiness and Psychological Distress in a Cohort of Police Officers

A random sample of 105 police officers (40 women and 65 men) from the Buffalo Cardio-Metabolic Police Stress (BCOPS) study baseline visit. The data examines associations between hardiness components and symptoms of depression, PTSD, and general psychological distress, with analyses stratified by gender. The dataset was authored by Michael E. Andrew of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Use Cases

• Analyzing gender differences in the protective effects of hardiness based on the stratified analyses mentioned.
• Modeling the relationship between hardiness control and depressive symptoms using the CES-D scale scores.
• Investigating the association between hardiness commitment and PTSD symptoms measured by the IES scale.
• Studying the link between psychological distress and hardiness using the overall BSI score.

Strengths

• Includes data from 105 police officers with a defined gender breakdown of 40 women and 65 men.
• Measures multiple psychological constructs using established scales: a 15-item hardiness scale, CES-D, IES, and BSI.
• Analyses were adjusted for covariates including age, education, and marital status.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The sample size for women (n=40) is noted as a potential limitation for statistical power.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Michael E. Andrew

Collection Method

Baseline visit data from the Buffalo Cardio-Metabolic Police Stress (BCOPS) study, using a random sample.

Geography

Buffalo, New York, USA (implied by the BCOPS study)